This manuscript letter, 4 pages, signed King of Sweden and King of Norway Charles XII or Carl XIII.

Size 20 cm x 32 cm. Sealed. 

The document, dated January 12, 1813 grants retirement to Baron Carl Frederick Bennet, 2d Major of the Scanian Regiment of Carabineers and Knight of the Order of the Sword.

With complete seal.

Charles XIII, or Carl XIII, (1748 – 1818]), was King of Sweden from 1809 and King of Norway from 1814 to his death. He was the second son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.

Though known as King Charles XIII in Sweden, he was actually the seventh Swedish king by that name, as Charles IX (reigned 1604–1611) had adopted his numeral after studying a fictitious history of Sweden. In Norway, he is known as Charles II. 

Authenticity guaranteed. Will provide the letter of authenticity for this autograph.