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Gustav III (24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1746 – 29 March 1792), note on dates also called Gustavus III, was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden.
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On 1 November 1796, Gustav IV at age 18 took the government into his own hands. Gustavian government. The government of Gustav IV of Sweden was almost a pure autocracy. At his very first Riksdag, held at Norrköping in March 1800, the nobility were compelled to ratify Gustav III's Act of Union and Security.
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Gustav III (born Jan. 24, 1746, Stockholm, Swed.—died March 29, 1792, Stockholm) was the king of Sweden (1771–92), who reasserted the royal power over the Riksdag (parliament). Gustav, the eldest son of King Adolf Fredrik, was an intelligent and cultured advocate of the Enlightenment.
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Gustav III, född 13 januari 24 januari 1746 i Kungshuset på Riddarholmen i Stockholm, död 29 mars 1792 på Stockholms slott, var kung av Sverige från 1771 fram till sin död. Han var son till Adolf Fredrik och Lovisa Ulrika , bror till Karl XIII , far till Gustav IV Adolf , och kusin till Katarina II av Ryssland .
A.D. Harvey recalls the career of the Swedish king whose assassination inspired a famous opera. A.D. Harvey | Published in History Today Volume 53 Issue 12 December 2003. Gustav III of Sweden (1746-92) is one of the least studied of the later eighteenth-century rulers known as the Enlightened Despots.
Gustav Ericsson Vasa, c. 1550. He gave a so-called "last speech" in 1560 to the chancellors, his children and other noblemen, whereby he encouraged them to remain united. On 29 September 1560, Gustav died and was buried (together with three of his wives, while only two are engraved) in the Cathedral of Uppsala .
In an attempt to satisfy public opinion, he waged a war against Russia. However, the war was unsuccessful and led to growing opposition to the nobility. In response, Gustav III – with the help of the three lower ranks – managed to strengthen his power and become largely autocratic. Opposition to him subsequently grew, and on 16 March 1792 ...
