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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).
Gustavus returned to Pillau on 8 May 1627 with new reinforcements for the army and the Swedish army grew to 21,000, with the Commonwealth increasing their forces to 17,000. [ 9 ] [ 15 ] Despite this, the Poles were able to retain the field advantage, since the Swedes were forced to allocate a large portion of their forces to defending their ...
The beginning of the period is usually taken as the reign of Gustavus Adolphus, who ascended the throne in 1611, and its end as the loss of territories in 1721 following the Great Northern War. [ 1 ] After the death of Gustavus Adolphus in 1632, the empire was controlled for lengthy periods by part of the high nobility , such as the Oxenstierna ...
Gustav II Adolf statue, with the bourse in the background Gustaf Adolf's square with the statue of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and Asplund's law court in the background. Gustaf Adolfs torg ("Gustaf Adolf's square") is a town square located in central Gothenburg , Sweden.
Gustav Adolf of Sweden – English (and Latin) also: Gustavus Adolphus; Swedish: Gustav Adolf and (legal spelling after 1900): Gustaf Adolf – may refer to: Gustavus Adolphus (Gustav II Adolf, 1594–1632), King of Sweden 1611–1632; Gustav IV Adolf (1778–1837), King of Sweden 1792–1809
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 Battle of Lützen, fought on 16 November 1632, [c] 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.
Gustavus Adolphus' father, Charles IX of Sweden – the uncle of Sigisimund – also a Vasa, was awarded the throne, in part because he was an ardent Lutheran. Soon after, Sweden became engaged in wars with the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway and the Tsardom of Russia .