Gustavus Adolphus

(noun)

The King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, who led Sweden to military supremacy during the Thirty Years War, helping to determine the political as well as the religious balance of power in Europe.

Related Terms

  • Pomerania
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(noun)

The King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, credited with founding the Swedish Empire, and who led Sweden to military supremacy during the Thirty Years' War.

Related Terms

  • Pomerania
  • Vulgate Bible

Examples of Gustavus Adolphus in the following topics:

  • Swedish Intervention

    • Gustavus Adolphus allied with France and Bavaria.
    • Wallenstein marched up to the south, threatening Gustavus Adolphus's supply chain.
    • Gustavus Adolphus knew that Wallenstein was waiting for the attack and was prepared, but found no other option.
    • Wallenstein and Gustavus Adolphus clashed in the Battle of Lützen (1632), where the Swedes prevailed, but Gustavus Adolphus was killed.
    • The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)
  • Swedish-French Intervention

    • Richelieu had already begun intervening indirectly in the war in January 1631, when the French diplomat Hercule de Charnacé signed the Treaty of Bärwalde with Gustavus Adolphus, by which France agreed to support the Swedes with 1,000,000 livres each year in return for a Swedish promise to maintain an army in Germany against the Habsburgs.
  • The Peace of Westphalia and Sovereignty

    • 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.
  • Attack on Fort Sumter

    • The relief expedition was to be led by Gustavus V.
  • Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette's Attempts to Escape

    • The escape was largely planned by the queen's favorite, the Swedish Count Axel von Fersenand the Baron de Breteuil, who had garnered support from Swedish King Gustavus III.
  • The Muckrakers

    • Hendrick (1870–1949) — "The Story of Life Insurance" May - November 1906 McClure's Frances Kellor (1873–1952) — studied chronic unemployment in her book Out of Work (1904) Thomas William Lawson (1857–1924) Frenzied Finance (1906) on Amalgamated Copper stock scandal Gustavus Myers (1872–1942) - documented corruption in his first book "The History of Tammany Hall" (1901) unpublished, Revised edition, Boni and Liveright, 1917.
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