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Hace 3 días · Gustav II Adolf (Gustavus II Adolphus; ruled 1611–32) was only 16 years old when his father, Charles IX, died, so the actual leadership passed to the aristocrat Axel Oxenstierna and the council. The regency period lasted only a few months, however, before Gustav Adolf took full power.
Hace 2 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 1 día · 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)
Hace 4 días · The Battle of Lützen, fought on November 16, 1632, during the Thirty Years' War, stands as a pivotal moment in European military history and a testament to the leadership of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
Hace 5 días · I have a distinct memory of reading the statement that Gustavus "wished to remain neutral vis a vis Spain" (while being at war with the *Austrian* Habsburgs) and that this annoyed his paymaster, Cardinal Richelieu.
Hace 2 días · The Reserve of Foot was commanded by Colonel John Henderson a Scottish Gentleman; and the Reserve of Horse by Col. Oeme of the Palatinate. Walensteins Order. The Imperial Army had his Excellency the Generalissimo thus ordered. He first drew it all up into one mighty Front; which he then divided into three Bodies.
Hace 4 días · Ferdinand II, Holy Roman emperor (1619–37), archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia (1617–19, 1620–27), and king of Hungary (1618–25). He was the leading champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation and of absolutist rule during the Thirty Years’ War.
