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In 1630, the Swedish king, Gustavus Adolphus, received financial backing from the French to oppose the Habsburgs and their forces. (Under the leadership of its savvy royal minister, Cardinal Richelieu, France worked to hold its Habsburg rivals in check despite the shared Catholicism of the French and Habsburg states.)
15 mag 2017 · Elector Palatinate Frederick V - the Winter King - would be an insignificant figure in the history of Europe were it not for the tremendous conflagration that he helped to ignite. Frederick’s conflict with Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II over the throne of Bohemia plunged Europe into thirty years of savage violence, fiery devastation, and terrible privation during the first half of the ...
However, Gustavus Adolphus did not offer Frederick support for restoring him in the Palatinate because England and the Netherlands had not signed off on such a proposal. Frederick subsequently took part in Gustavus Adolphus' march into the Duchy of Bavaria, and was present for the march into Munich on 17 May 1632.
Henriette Marie, Princess Palatine (Hague, Netherlands, 1626. 17 July -- Sarospatak, 1651. 18 September)Henriette Marie was the daughter of Frederick V, Elec...
3 set 2023 · Rise of the “Lion of The North”. Due to such aggressive policies, Sweden was not well-loved by its neighbors, and in 1611, the country found itself entangled in three separate wars against Russia, Denmark, and Poland. That same year, King Charles IX passed away, leaving the throne to his seventeen-year-old son, Gustavus II Adolphus.
GUSTAVUS II. ADOLPHUS (1594-1632). King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and one of the greatest generals of modern times. He was born December 9, 1594, and was the grandson of Gustavus Vasa, by his youngest son, Charles IX., at whose death in 1611 he succeeded to the throne. Gustavus was brought up in the Lutheran faith, carefully trained in ...
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