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Mar 25, 2015 · Gustavus Adolphus has been described by E N Williams as “the greatest Swedish King and one of the greatest statesman in European History”. Gustavus became king in 1611 and ruled until his death in battle in 1632. His parents were Charles IX and Christina of Holstein. Gustavus married Maria Eleonora, the daughter of Elector John Sigismund of ...
Gustavus Adolphus was born on December 9, 1594, in Stockholm, Sweden, to Duke Charles and his second wife, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. Back then, Gustavus’s cousin Sigismund ruled Sweden from Poland. Religion played a big role in the European royalty back then. Duke Charles was a staunch Protestant, while King Sigismund was a devout Catholic.
During its age of imperial greatness in the 17th and early 18th centuries, Sweden was an important European power. Sweden's rise in stature coincided largely with the 1611--32 reign of King Gustavus Adolphus. Under his leadership, Sweden increased its military capacity, seized significant territories on the continent of Europe, and championed Lutheranism at a time of great confessional strife ...
Gustavus was the son of Sweden's Charles IX and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. He grew up in a particularly troubled time in Sweden's history, during which his father led a successful rebellion to depose his nephew, Sigismund I Vasa, (1599) and then ruthlessly established his place as king. Gustavus was raised as his heir.
