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Who killed King Charles?(investigation of King Charles XII's death)(Brief article)
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History Today
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April 1, 2008
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Scientists in Sweden hope to exhume the body of King Charles XII to determine if he was killed by one of his own soldiers in 1718. Researchers from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm applied in January to study the remains in the city...
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