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# Charles IX of Sweden wore a braid over his bald head and tried to seize Livonia
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/poka-diadia-vasia-zalizyvaet-tri-baboiozhkiny-priadi-na-sverkaiushchuiu-lysinu-i-pleniaet-svoim-muzhskim-ocharovaniem-dam-v-metro-karl-ix-shvedskii-zapletaet-poverkh-lysogo-cherepa-kosu/
- Published: 2019-10-03T10:54:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:53:13.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Monarchies, Humour

While Uncle Vasya plasters three strands of a witch's hair across his gleaming bald pate and captivates the ladies on the Metro with his manly charm, Charles IX of Sweden braids a plait over his bald skull and tries to seize Livonia. This is the style for when you do not know where your evening will end: at a ball or at an execution. A coiffure for every occasion. Ceremonial, it would seem, yet restrained at the same time, and only the little plait betrays a character with a secret.

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