Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustavus Adolphus, also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and is credited for the rise of Sweden as a great European power. During his reign, Sweden became one of the primary military forces in Europe during the Thirty Years' War, helping to determine the political and religious balance of power in Europe. He was formally and posthumously given the name Gustavus Adolphus the Great by the Riksdag of the Estates in 1634.
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Birth Place
Sweden, Stockholm County
Date of Death
November 6th, 1632
Died Aged
-337
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Kristina I of Sweden
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Charles IX of Sweden
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Christina of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
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Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg
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Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland
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Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden
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Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg
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Carl Gyllenhielm
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Count Gustav of Vasaborg, 1st Count of Nystad
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