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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).
Gustavus Adolphus (born December 9, 1594, Stockholm, Sweden—died November 6, 1632, Lützen, Saxony [now in Germany]) was the king of Sweden (1611–32) who laid the foundations of the modern Swedish state and made it a major European power.
Gustavo II Adolfo nació en el castillo de Estocolmo el 19 de diciembre de 1594, hijo del duque Carlos de Södermanland (posteriormente rey Carlos IX de Suecia) y de su segunda esposa, Cristina de Holstein-Gottorp. Su doble nombre procedía de sus abuelos, el rey sueco Gustavo Vasa y el duque Adolfo de Holstein-Gottorp.
By supporting the German princes against the emperor, Gustavus Adolphus defeated the attempts of the Habsburgs to make their imperial authority a reality and thus played a part in delaying the emergence of a united Germany until the 19th century.
13 de dic. de 2020 · The military reforms of Gustavus Adolphus’ changed the face of European Warfare. His legacy truly was long lasting both in practical and historiographical terms. The historian Geoffrey Parker...
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