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Biographical details. Gustavus Adolphus was born in Stockholm on 9 December 1594, eldest son of Duke Charles of the House of Vasa and his second wife, Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. At the time, his cousin Sigismund was both King of Sweden and Poland.
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.
10 de ago. de 2022 · Adolphus was born Gustav II Adolph on 9 December 1594, son of Duke Charles of the House of Vasa (later Charles IX of Sweden, r. 1604-1611) and his second wife Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (l. 1573-1625). The couple were married in 1592 and Adolphus was the eldest of four children.
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7 de feb. de 2022 · To Protestants, Gustav Adolphus is one of the greatest examples of a Christian king. He was known in his lifetime as “the Lion from the North”, “the Protector of Protestantism” and “the Deliverer of Germany”. His timely intervention stopped the onward march and devastation caused by the Catholic League and the Austrian Empire.
Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus. Gustavus’ meteoric career had been significant enough to earn him the sobriquet “Lion of the North.” At the time, Gustavus was waging war south of the Baltic Sea ostensibly to rescue fellow Protestants from religious oppression at the hands of zealous Catholic Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and his Papist ...
15 de ene. de 2021 · 1. 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. His reputation was as good at the time as it is with historians today: a rare achievement.
