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2 giorni fa · 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.
3 giorni fa · 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.
3 giorni fa · 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.
4 giorni fa · Today at 3:42 AM. #1. 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.
1 giorno fa · Second regency of Sten Sture the Elder (12 November 1501 – 14 December 1503) Regency of Svante Nilsson (21 January 1504 – 31 December 1511/2 January 1512) Regency of Eric Trolle (January – 23 July 1512) Regency of Sten Sture the Younger (23 July 1512 – 3 February 1520) Christian II. "the Tyrant". Kristian II.
3 giorni fa · 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.
5 giorni fa · Wallenstein’s plan was to wreck Dutch and English commerce in the Baltic by subduing all of northern Germany and by dislodging the Swedish king, Gustav II Adolf, from Prussia (taken in the course of Sweden’s war against Poland). By 1628 much of this objective was realized.
