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Karl Sverkersson was a king of Sweden in the 12th century, counted as "Charles VII" due to a genealogical fiction of the 17th century by Charles "IX", but actually the first king of Sweden with this name. Charles resurfaces as a royal name in Germany with Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316–1378, counted as "the fourth" after Charlemagne ...
Karl Fritzsch (1903–1945), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant who was the first to use Zyklon B for mass murder Karl Gebhardt (1897–1948), German Nazi SS physician who conducted criminal medical experiments, executed for war crimes.
Carl is a North Germanic masculine name meaning "free man". The name originates in Old Norse. [1] It is the first name of many Kings of Sweden including Carl XVI Gustaf. It is a variant of the English Charles, and the Latin Carolus.
Carlos Anwandter (1801–1889), German political exile who immigrated to Chile; Carlos Arroyo (architect), Spanish architect; Carlos Arruza (1920–1966), Mexican bullfighter; Carlos Bunga (born 1976), Portuguese artist; Carlos Camacho (1924–1979), first elected governor of Guam; Carlos Cardoen (born 1942), Chilean metallurgical engineer
Carl (disambiguation), an English and German cognate of Charles; Karol (disambiguation), the Basque, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene form of Charles; Károly (disambiguation), an unrelated name frequently used in Hungarian for the name Charles and its variants; Charlemagne, a Frankish king whose name means "Charles the Great"
Carolus is the medieval Latin form of the name Charles. It was the name of various Frankish rulers, most notably of Charlemagne (742–814). The given name also gave rise to a surname in the 17th century.
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German Americans are the largest ethnic group in the USA numbering at almost 50 million or roughly 1/6th of US population. [17] Immigration from Germany can be traced back to 1608 (Jamestown, VA), but migration was highest between the mid 19th century and early 20th century. [18] From 1876 to 1923, Germany was the largest source of US ...