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Carolus Rex (English Version)

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Carolus Rex is the Latin name of Charles XII (1682-1718), King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718.

In 1700 (only a few years after his coronation at the age of 15) Sweden was attacked by Denmark, Saxe-Poland and Russia, starting the Great Northern War. The young king was able to bring Denmark temporarily to its knees by besieging Copenhagen. With an army of about ten thousand men he defeated the much larger Russian army at the Battle of Narva. Charles XII occupied Warsaw and the old royal Polish city of Krakow in 1702. In 1706 he was able to end the personal union of Saxe-Poland with several vitories over Augustus II.

By 1708 the only remaining enemy was Tsar Peter the Great. After a failed attempt to attack Moscow, Charles suffered a decisive defeat against the Tsardom of Russia at the Battle of Poltava. He was thus forced to flee to the Ottoman Empire.

In 1714 he returned to Swedish Pomerania riding on horseback across Europe in just fifteen days. However, in 1715 he lost the fortified town of Stralsund and had to escape to Sweden at the last moment.

When he tried to conquer Norway in 1718 and had besieged the strong fortress of Fredriksten at Fredrikshald (Halden) Charles was killed by a projectile. It is still unknown who fired the deadly shot, which passed right through the king's head.

Charles' death marked the end of the Swedish Empire as a major power in Europe and the struggle for the Baltic Sea dominion (Dominium Maris Baltici). The year 1721 saw the rise of the Russian Empire.

Swedish Version: http://youtu.be/VHeRnaWMtDk

CAUTION!

I won't tolerate any racist, discriminatory or in any other form inappropriate comments! This song neither glorifies war, nor National Socialism, but should be considered as a historical work.

"No, we don't glorify anything, we just tell stories about things that have happened." (Rikard Sundén, founding member of Sabaton)

Please support Sabaton and purchase their current album Carolus Rex.

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Carolus Rex ist der lateinische Name von Karl XII. (1682--1718), der von 1697 bis 1718 König von Schweden war. Nur wenige Jahre nach seiner Krönung im Alter von 15 brach 1700 der Große Nordische Krieg aus, in dem Schweden von Dänemark, Sachsen-Polen und Russland angegriffen wurde. Mit der Belagerung von Kopenhagen konnte der junge König Dänemark vorübergehend in die Knie zwingen, in der Schlacht von Narva besiegte er mit einer Armee von etwa zehntausend Mann ein zahlenmäßig deutlich überlegenes Heer der Russen. 1702 besetzte er Warschau und Krakau, die alte polnische Königsstadt, 1706 beendete er durch eine Reihe von Siegen über August II. vorerst die Personalunion Sachsen-Polen.

1708 war der einzige verbliebene Gegner Zar Peter der Große. Nach dem gescheiterten Versuch Moskau anzugreifen erlitt Karl in der Schlacht bei Poltawa eine entscheidende Niederlage gegen das Zarentum Russland und er war gezwungen, ins Osmanische Reich zu fliehen.

1714 kehrte er in einem nur 15 Tage dauernden Gewaltritt nach Schwedisch-Pommern zurück, verlor dort jedoch 1715 auch die Festungsstadt Stralsund und entkam im letzten Moment nach Schweden.

Beim Versuch, das dänisch kontrollierte Norwegen zu erobern wurde er 1718 vor der von ihm belagerten Festung Fredriksten bei Fredrikshald (Halden) tödlich am Kopf getroffen, von wem die Kugel abgefeuert wurde ist bis heute ungeklärt.

Nach seinem Tod endete Schwedens Stellung als europäische Großmacht und das Ringen um die Vorherrschaft im Ostseeraum (Dominium Maris Baltici), 1721 begann der Aufstieg des Russischen Kaiserreiches.

ACHTUNG!

Ich dulde keine rassistischen, diskriminierenden oder in sonstiger Form unangemessene Kommentare! Dieses Lied verherrlicht weder Krieg, noch den Nationalsozialismus, sondern ist rein historisch zu betrachten!

"Nein, wir verherrlichen nichts, wir erzählen nur Geschichten über Dinge, die passiert sind." (Rikard Sundén, Gründungsmitglied von Sabaton)

Bitte unterstützt Sabaton und kauft euch das aktuelle Album Carolus Rex!

Comments

8 years ago

ccckalmahccc

hail to the King from the Ottomans !

8 years ago

Primo Victoria

Putain de bonne musique!

8 years ago

Thiago Henrique

My will be done!

8 years ago

Jompo92

No allegianceI will swear no oath!Crowned by God not by the churchAs my power is divine! -So much power...

8 years ago

dreamon cosplay

I reached here around an hour ago because of Pellek. Now I'm still listening and getting addicted to this song

8 years ago

Yiğit Bayırlı

This is how I feel when I finally form Scandinavia as Denmark in EU4. "50 years have I been waiting to sit upon my throne?" (I know the actual lyrics are '15', but 50 fits better as that is generally around the time you can form Scandinavia in EU4 from the game start 1444)"Onward Scandinavians, the enemy is here! Let's crush them, throw them out through the gates of hell!"

8 years ago

KasparovBBQ

Sweden YES!

8 years ago

Yoshino Valentine

lately been listening only Sabaton

8 years ago

Laguce Gothsong

This song could also fit for the Barbarossa.

8 years ago

Carlo Bissolotti

Charles XII and the Caroleans would be very disappointed in today Swedish people

8 years ago

The Swamp Knight

Set the "I WAS CHOSEN BY HEAVEN" part at the end as my morning alarm.Nothing can stop me the rest of the day.

8 years ago

TykoInferno

"See Carolus rise!" sounds like "See Carolus Rice!" ...And I love it.

8 years ago

Denise Hemmingway

I am a student of history and of late since I discovered Sabaton I have learned a lot more than I have before. I have always been curious about the past and Sabaton's songs have spurred me to research subject I had not thought about for some time now.

8 years ago

jakkisranger

best what sweden gives, greetings from Finland:)

8 years ago

mkurto

Epic 

9 years ago

Tyson Wilson

You know, at first the English version sounded terrible to me, but it's grown on me. Good job on this version. I actually prefer it now.

9 years ago

문재혁

워해머 황제가 생각나는 노래 캬

9 years ago

Dan Zer024

God doesn't exist.... DONT BE FOOLED!!!

9 years ago

Mike Ryding

I saw the band live (with Delain and Nightwish), for the first time last April 13 2015, at Capitole Quebec city. Words cannot express what we felt, my girlfriend and me. It was really, really, great!I like your video (and sound, very good).Thank you Piscator.

9 years ago

SpaghettiandSauce

You have to wonder how smart it is to crown king a 15 year old boy who says things like "Question me and die!", "Make them bow to my will!" and "Say my name when you pray!" King Joffrey anyone?

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