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Gustavus Adolphus (9 December [N.S 19 December] 1594 – 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 with the rise of Sweden as a great European power (Swedish: Stormaktstiden).
- 30 October 1611 – 6 November 1632
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Mar 11, 2024 · Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden (1611–32) who laid the foundations of the modern Swedish state and whose intervention and victories in the Thirty Years’ War (1618–48) made it a major European power. He died at the Battle of Lutzen on November 6, 1632.
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Aug 10, 2022 · Gustavus Adolphus (l. 1594-1632; r. 1611-1632) was the King of Sweden who elevated his country to a major power in the 17th century. He also is traditionally recognized as the "Father of Modern Warfare " for his military innovations and his tactics have been studied since by generals including Napoleon Bonaparte and George S. Patton.
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- He’s widely regarded as one of Sweden’s best kings. Gustavus Adolphus is the only king in Sweden to have been awarded the epithet ‘the Great’ – a title bestowed upon him posthumously in 1633 by the Swedish Estates of the Realm.
- He was a progressive. Under Gustavus Adolphus, peasants were granted greater autonomy, more educational establishments were established including Sweden’s second university – the Academia Gustaviana.
- He is known as the ‘Father of Modern Warfare’ Unlike many contemporaries, Gustavus Adolphus organised a highly disciplined standing army, and enforced law & order.
- He survived a nearly fatal bullet wound. In 1627, Adolphus suffered a bullet wound in the muscles surrounding his shoulders from a Polish soldier: doctors could not remove the bullet itself, which prevented Adolphus wearing armour in future combat.
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Gustavus Adolphus was thence feted as the "Lion of the North," and was able to draw several Protestant states into a major alliance. Losses: Catholic, 7,000 dead, 6,000 surrendered on the field (and 3,000 the next day at Leipzig) of 35,000; Swedish, 2,100 of 23,000; Saxon, 3,000 of 16,000. Jacob F. Field. Gustavus Adolphus - Swedish Monarch ...
Jul 5, 2017 · Gustavus II Adolphus, Sweden’s legendary ‘Lion of the North,’ was a master tactician, a fearsome frontline fighter and a successful nation builder. A 15th century prophecy averred that a series of disasters would end only when a golden lion emerged from the north to defeat the eagle of devastation.