During which century did the king played by Stellan Skarsgård in 2005's Beowulf & Grendel actually live?
Hrothgar Hrothgar (Old English: "Hrōðgār" ] ; ) was a legendary Danish king living in the early 6th century.
Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII, also Carl (Swedish: "Karl XII" ; 17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), Latinized to "Carolus Rex", was the King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of Wittelsbach. Charles was the only surviving son of Charles XI and Ulrika Eleonora the Elder. He assumed power, after a seven-month caretaker government, at the age of fifteen.