Death
Charles XI had complained about stomach pains since 1694. In the summer of 1696, he asked his doctors for an opinion on the pain that had gotten continuously worse, but they had no viable cure or treatment for it. He continued to perform his duties as usual, but, in February 1697, the pains became too severe for him to cope and he had to return to Stockholm where the doctors discovered he a big hard lump in his stomach. At this point there was little the doctors could do except to alleviate the Kings pain as best they could. Charles the XI died on 5 April 1697, in his forty-first year. An autopsy showed that the King had contracted cancer, and that it had spread through the entire abdominal cavity.
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