The Nordic Wars - Carl XII - what happened? pt 2

Hello, Vavva here again, with part 2 of the mystery of Carl XII.

As probably understood from pt. 1, Carl wasn't an appreciated man in Sweden after his (or, the enemies') wars. This caused suspicious voices to say: Was this a lucky shot, or a murder?

As the Swedish king had no children or wife, his throne went to his sister Ulrika Eleonora and her husband, Friedrich of Hessen. If Carl was assassinated, he must have been the man behind. This is quite pointed out as Carl's nephew and good friend mourns Carl for a long time and is in deep sorrow, while Friedrich covers from the tragedy unusually quickly. Instead he charges the former in-reality ruler of Sweden, baron Görtz. He was a good friend and cousin of Carl, and during Carl's many and long campaigns, Görtz reigned Sweden. He was charged for some vague accusations, found guilty and executed quickly after Friedrich's reign started. So Friedrich could have been the one killing Carl, indirectly. But who did it?


In the trench of Fredriksten fortress where Carl fell, a Frenchman stood some metres away from the king, André Paré, Friedrich's aide. He ran away from Carl some seconds before the shot, and then ran back again. If Friedrich was behind this conspiracy, Paré was obviously the assassin. Many years later, as the old Paré was interviewed by Voltaire about Carl XII, Paré, as many believe today, cryptically confessed the murder. He later, with a high fever, opened the window of his apartment and cried out loud that he shot the king. People just said his fever made him mad. Or did Paré shoot him?

The Swedish main field surgeon had been in a lot of battles, including Fredriksten, and hurried onto Carl to look at the wound. The surgeon had worked with hundreds of shot wounds and could determine the distance the shot was fired at based on the wound. He immediately concluded that this shot was fired at close range. He later wrote in his diary that he had his suspicions that this was an assassination, but didn't want to say these out loud in the fear of actions against him. Which may lead to Friedrich and Paré too...

Though there are other proofs, for and against, that this was a murder, I'll stop here and let you think.  Murder...
   Or not?




 Please correct me if some dates, numbers or facts are incorrect.

Vavva