>When you're so good at what you're doing that it makes your ego grow so large that you start to make borderline retarded decisions which makes you lose your empire along with Its great power status
Why Karl? WHYYyyyyy??!
>>2341135
who?
Gustav II Adolf was the last good Swedish monarch.
t. fingol
>>2341158
I disagree, he was the best of them all. Absolutely no fucking doubt, but we've had many other good ones. Carl XII was amazing before his ego grew that much
>>2341135
Where was the moment when he knew he had fucked up?
>>2341179
He was probably to some degree insane, so probably extremely late if at all.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_invasion_of_Russia
This abysmal invasion sealed our fate, the war was won before he decided to Dick into russia