Yep, have read about this in multiple places! My sources agree that while Gyllenborg and Görtz got involved in talks with the Jacobites and borrowed money, as soon as Charles found out, he was like, "Nope, nope, nope, I don't overthrow hereditary monarchs, and you have to pay that money back to the Jacobites pronto." (Elective monarchs were fine to overthrow, which was why he was all about forcing an election to put his own puppet on the throne of Poland. Election just didn't carry as much sacred legitimacy with him.)
But some points my sources differ on.
Hatton says that when Görtz got arrested in connection with his Jacobite conspiring, it wasn't because G1 thought there was a serious threat from Sweden, but because G1 wanted to use the threat of a conspiracy to rally his supporters around him.
Whereas another source (I forget, but probably Henrik Lunde), says that while Charles would never overthrow a hereditary monarch, he wasn't above keeping G1 guessing about whether he would use the Swedish invasion of Norway (the campaign that C12 died in) to invade Scotland from across the North Sea. That threat would force the Brits to divert ships to patrolling the North Sea, which would mean less naval force in the main theater of operations, the Baltic Sea, which was what Charles really cared about.
What is true, I do not know.
(I've also read that Charles hedged in other cases that if there was an *internal* resurrection and a king got overthrown, he might decide to support the new king on the grounds "will of the people" and all that. But here we're getting into the part where I've read several secondary sources on Charles but haven't done a deep dive into reliability.)
Charles XII and the Jacobites
But some points my sources differ on.
Hatton says that when Görtz got arrested in connection with his Jacobite conspiring, it wasn't because G1 thought there was a serious threat from Sweden, but because G1 wanted to use the threat of a conspiracy to rally his supporters around him.
Whereas another source (I forget, but probably Henrik Lunde), says that while Charles would never overthrow a hereditary monarch, he wasn't above keeping G1 guessing about whether he would use the Swedish invasion of Norway (the campaign that C12 died in) to invade Scotland from across the North Sea. That threat would force the Brits to divert ships to patrolling the North Sea, which would mean less naval force in the main theater of operations, the Baltic Sea, which was what Charles really cared about.
What is true, I do not know.
(I've also read that Charles hedged in other cases that if there was an *internal* resurrection and a king got overthrown, he might decide to support the new king on the grounds "will of the people" and all that. But here we're getting into the part where I've read several secondary sources on Charles but haven't done a deep dive into reliability.)