Gustavus Adolphus (redirect from Gustav II Adolf of Sweden)
6 November [N.S 16 November] 1632), also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and is credited...
52 KB (5,419 words) - 00:15, 15 December 2024
Gustav IV Adolf or Gustav IV Adolph (1 November 1778 – 7 February 1837) was King of Sweden from 1792 until he was deposed in a coup in 1809. He was also...
14 KB (1,372 words) - 03:21, 14 December 2024
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund; 22 April 1906 – 26 January 1947) was a Swedish prince who for most...
21 KB (1,694 words) - 21:10, 19 December 2024
20th century casualties. Upon inheriting the Swedish throne in 1611, Gustav II Adolf (Gustavus Adolphus in Latin) also inherited three ongoing wars where...
22 KB (2,726 words) - 16:08, 24 November 2024
Bernadotte, Gustaf Adolf was also descended from the House of Vasa through maternal lines. Through his mother, he was a descendant of Gustav IV Adolf of the House...
48 KB (4,237 words) - 16:00, 21 December 2024
Crown Prince from north until 1809 Gustav II Adolf (1594–1632), became king in 1611, also known as Gustav Adolf the Great or Gustavus the Great, Crown...
1,003 bytes (183 words) - 16:33, 26 January 2024
Gustav Adolf or Gustaf Adolf may refer to: Gustavus Adolphus (1594–1632), or Gustaf II Adolf, King of Sweden 1611–1632 Gustav IV Adolf (1778–1837), King...
2 KB (321 words) - 14:51, 2 October 2023
children were: Christina (1593–1594) Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (Gustav II Adolf) (1594–1632) Maria Elizabeth (1596–1618), married her first cousin...
20 KB (2,049 words) - 09:38, 30 October 2024
side, Adolf Frederick was descended from King Gustav Vasa and Christina Magdalena, a sister of Charles X of Sweden. From 1727 to 1750 Prince Adolf Frederick...
14 KB (1,189 words) - 10:33, 29 October 2024
1877 at Pillnitz), born Crown Prince of Sweden, was the son of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden and Queen Frederica. His Austrian princely title (from 1829)...
14 KB (1,131 words) - 23:10, 23 October 2024
The Gustav II Adolf Bible (Swedish: Gustav II Adolfs bibel; officially: Biblia, Thet är: All then Helgha Scrifft, På Swensko. Effter förre Bibliens Text...
2 KB (147 words) - 03:32, 30 October 2024
Adolphus (Gustav II Adolf, 1594–1632), King of Sweden 1611–1632 Gustav IV Adolf (1778–1837), King of Sweden 1792–1809 Gustaf VI Adolf (Gustav VI Adolf, 1882–1973)...
704 bytes (122 words) - 15:56, 14 December 2023
universities. A statue of the formal founder of the University, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden (also known as Gustavus Adolphus) was raised in 1928 on campus...
42 KB (3,860 words) - 18:25, 10 December 2024
House of Vasa (section Gustav II Adolf Vasa)
"Father of Modern Warfare". Future commanders who studied and admired Gustav II Adolf include Napoleon I of France and Carl von Clausewitz. His advancements...
75 KB (6,743 words) - 08:45, 30 November 2024
Charles XIII (redirect from Carl II of Norway)
his death. He was the second son (and younger brother to King Gustav III) of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick...
29 KB (3,116 words) - 13:03, 11 December 2024
The wedding between Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg took place at the Royal Castle on November 25, 1620. The bridal entourage...
3 KB (349 words) - 22:37, 9 June 2024
Field Marshal by King Gustav II Adolf. When King Gustav II Adolf decided to join the war in Germany (1630), he appointed Gustav Horn as his second in...
9 KB (972 words) - 16:05, 8 September 2024
(or, as in the case of Gustav II Adolf, in German). Due to the dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden in 1905, Oscar II had to change his motto...
5 KB (246 words) - 11:42, 8 June 2024
independence; founder of the Vasa dynasty Gustav of Sweden (1568–1607), son of Eric XIV and Karin Månsdotter Gustav II Adolf (1594–1632), or Gustavus Adolphus...
11 KB (1,286 words) - 11:51, 24 October 2024
legitimacy of the Crown prince in reference to the rumors that Gustav III had convinced Adolf Fredrik Munck to impregnate the queen, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark...
13 KB (1,392 words) - 12:01, 14 December 2024
Gustav Adolf Church (Swedish: Gustav Adolfs kyrka) or the Scandinavian Seamen's Church (Swedish: Skandinaviska sjömanskyrkan) is a historical building...
7 KB (658 words) - 11:50, 30 October 2024
Adolphus (Gustav II Adolf) and his mistress Margareta Slots. In 1626 he was enrolled at Uppsala University. In 1633, during the Thirty Years' War, Gustav entered...
4 KB (269 words) - 06:30, 30 August 2024
(died 1669) was the royal mistress of king Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and the mother of his illegitimate son Gustav of Vasaborg. Margareta Slots was the daughter...
3 KB (312 words) - 09:13, 17 August 2024
IX of Sweden, who ruled from 1599 to 1611, and his first cousin was Gustav II Adolf of Sweden (1594–1632). At the age of one, the baby John was created...
5 KB (593 words) - 10:18, 20 October 2024
Gustav Adolf of Nassau-Saarbrücken (27 March 1632, Saarbrücken – 9 October 1677, Strasbourg) was Count of Saarbrücken and Major General at the Rhine of...
5 KB (515 words) - 00:11, 29 September 2021
in 1703. Previously, in 1618, during the reign of Gustav II Adolf, a revised version of the Gustav Vasa Bible had been published; the Charles XII Bible...
4 KB (314 words) - 14:51, 3 November 2024
assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what he saw as the abuse...
52 KB (6,306 words) - 17:57, 26 October 2024
Arnim-Boitzenburg, sent by Emperor Ferdinand II to aid Sigismund III, met with troops commanded by Swedish King Gustav II Adolf,: 579 who supported the Protestant...
10 KB (1,268 words) - 11:14, 13 June 2024
Princess Pauline Friederike Marie of Württemberg, and a half-sister of Adolf, the then reigning Duke of Nassau and future Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Upon...
41 KB (3,409 words) - 20:55, 13 December 2024