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Hace 5 días · Introduction. Gustavus Adolphus, also known as Gustav II Adolf, was a pivotal figure in 17th-century European history. As the King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, he transformed his country into a major military power and played a crucial role in the Thirty Years‘ War, one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.
Hace 6 días · Gustavus Adolphus's intervention in Germany provided renewed hope, since the Swedish king 'saw that no peace in Germany was secure or feasible without Frederick's restoration' (p. 270). But Gustavus was more interested in using Frederick to extract support for his campaign from Charles I and other Palatine allies than in the constitutional and ...
19 de may. de 2024 · Detail of 1636 family Triumph portrait, Elizabeth's oldest daughter, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, and youngest son, Gustavus Adolphus of the Palatinate. The military defeat removed the prospect of returning to Prague, and the entire family was forced to flee.
Hace 5 días · Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, known as the "Lion of the North", at the Battle of Breitenfeld in 1631. From 1626 to 1629, Gustavus was engaged in a war with Poland–Lithuania, ruled by his Catholic cousin Sigismund, who also claimed the Swedish throne and had Imperial support.
Hace 5 días · His military success caused the tottering Protestants to call in Gustavus II Adolphus, King of Sweden. Soon, some of Ferdinand's allies began to complain about the excessive power exercised by Wallenstein, as well as the ruthless methods he used to finance his vast army.
Hace 3 días · Sweden, a major military power in the day, intervened in 1630 under the great general Gustavus Adolphus and started the full-scale great war on the continent. Spain, wishing to finally crush the Dutch rebels in the Netherlands and the Dutch Republic, intervened under the pretext of helping their dynastic Habsburg ally, Austria.
Hace 4 días · 2.8 House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1654–1720) 2.9 House of Hesse ... (Gustavus Adolphus) 30 October 1611 – 6 November 1632 (21 years and 7 days)
