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King Erik XIV: The King Of Canada

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On December 13th 1533 Erik XIV was born in Stockholm Castle, Sweden. Erik XIV was King of Sweden from 1560-1568. Erik XIV was unlike any other Swedish King. Erik XIV showed signs of mental instability in his early reign as king through his aggression and unstableness. This aggression caused the Seven Years’ War of the North against Denmark in 1563 due to Erik making an aggressive foreign policy. His signs of mental instability later led him to insanity. Erik killed 5 of his own Swedish Nobles called the Sture Murders due to his poor mental state. He was then imprisoned and removed from his reign of king and died from an unknown cause in 1577. Erik was a very unique King as his reign as king drove him into a dark state of mind which ended his reign as King of Sweden. On December 13th 1204 Maimonides died at age 69. Maimonides was an medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher. Maimonides was one of the …show more content…

Rottenburg was an Lt Governor who was not liked by the Canadians as he was considered over-cautious and not intelligent. Canadians felt he wasn’t getting the job done as a Lt Governor and Drummond proved himself to be aggressive and willing to take chances to the Canadians. Drummond was a great help to British North America (Canada) during his time during the war of 1812 replacing Rottenburg. On December 13th 1570 Sweden and Denmark signed The Peace of Stettin which ended the Nordic Seven Years War between Sweden and Denmark. This war was cause by the unstable king of Sweden Erik XIV and wouldn’t have happened with a stable king in charge. The signing of Peace of Stettin ended a war that should have never been aroused between the two countries. This signing brought peace to both countries and informed Denmark that Sweden did not want this war to occur as it was from the insane kings

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