Ruler · Early modern period · Sweden

Gustavus Adolphus

1594–1632

King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, born in 1594, who made Sweden a great power and turned the Thirty Years' War. Landing in Germany in 1630, he smashed the Catholic armies at Breitenfeld in 1631 and saved the Protestant cause. He was killed at Lutzen in 1632, leading a cavalry charge.

Facts

Born: 1594, Stockholm.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gustavus II Adolphus
Died: 1632, killed at the Battle of Lutzen.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gustavus II Adolphus
Reign: 1611 to 1632.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gustavus II Adolphus
Realm: Sweden and its Baltic empire.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gustavus II Adolphus
Known for: Breitenfeld (1631), military reform, and death at Lutzen (1632).; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gustavus II Adolphus

Images

Gustavus Adolphus, portrait from the 1630s (Wikimedia Commons)

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CountrySweden1523–

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