Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
e. Gustavus Adolphus (9 December [N.S 19 December] 1594 – 6 November [N.S 16 November] 1632), also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, [1] was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power (Swedish: Stormaktstiden). During his reign, Sweden became one of the primary ...
Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph[ 1 ] (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also the last Swedish monarch to be the ruler of Finland. The occupation of Finland in 1808–09 by Russian forces was the immediate cause of Gustav Adolf's overthrow, violently initiated by ...
In March 1632 King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden invaded Bavaria, with an army of Swedish soldiers and German mercenaries. His next major confrontation was against Count Tilly at the Battle of Rain on the River Lech in April. It was a decisive victory for the Swedes and Count Tilly was mortally wounded.
In 1625, after the truce between Sweden and the Commonwealth had ended, and Denmark had been eliminated as a threat to Sweden after their entry into the Thirty Years' War, Gustavus Adolphus, the King of Sweden, decided to conduct a new invasion into Livonia. [2] [3]
The Battle of Lützen, fought on 6 November 1632, is considered one of the most important battles of the Thirty Years' War. Led by the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus, an Allied army primarily composed of troops from Sweden, Saxony, and Hesse-Kassel, narrowly defeated an Imperial force under Albrecht von Wallenstein.
Sweden emerged as a great European power under Axel Oxenstierna and King Gustavus Adolphus.As a result of acquiring territories seized from Russia and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as its involvement in the Thirty Years' War, Sweden found itself transformed into the leader of Protestantism.
Prussian campaign (1626–1629) Large parts of Livonia, including Riga, ceded to Sweden. The Prussian campaign (1626–1629) was a Swedish invasion of Ducal Prussia during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629). Despite initial success, the campaign became a war of attrition [2] and was inconclusive. [3][4] Around 30,000 or more died on the ...
Lutheranism. Signature. Gustav III (24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1746 – 29 March 1792), [a][1] also called Gustavus III, [2] was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick [1] and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what he saw as the abuse of political ...