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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.
- 12 February 1771 – 29 March 1792
- Louisa Ulrika of Prussia
Mar 25, 2024 · But the Swedish nobility remained implacably opposed to him, and an aristocratic conspiracy succeeded when Gustav was shot by Captain Jacob Johan Anckarström while attending the Stockholm opera house on March 16, 1792; the king died two weeks later.
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Dec 31, 2022 · Gustav III had been warned about the assassination plot, but chose to attend the masked ball out of defiance. There he was shot, dying 13 days later (Frichit / Public Domain) Anckarstrom was ready for him, however, striking when the king was walking down the corridor.
Citations. Bibliography. Jacob Johan Anckarström (11 May 1762 – 27 April 1792) was a Swedish military officer who is known as the assassin of King Gustav III of Sweden. He was convicted and executed for regicide . Life. He was the son of Jacob Johan Anckarström the Elder and Hedvig Ulrika Drufva.
- 11 May 1762
- Military captain
- Executed
On March 16, 1792, 46-year-old King Gustav III of Sweden was shot at a masked ball at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm, Sweden. He died thirteen days later. Giuseppe Verdi’s 1859 opera Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) is based on King Gustav III’s assassination and death.
Dec 12, 2003 · Gustav III set himself the task of making Sweden great again. He was assassinated in March 1792 – the third Swedish monarch in 160 years to die of gunshot wounds – with his life’s work still less than half completed.
Dec 24, 2023 · The assassination took place on the evening of March 16, 1792. But the preparations had been going on for some months. The murderer's name was Jacob Johan Anckarström, a 30 year old who had previously been a military in the Swedish army but had left the military after a requested resignation. Anckarström harbored an enormous hatred for Gustav ...
