Article: Gustavus II Adolphus (Sweden) (15941632; Ruled 16111632)

GUSTAVUS II ADOLPHUS (SWEDEN) (1594 1632; ruled 1611 1632)

GUSTAVUS II ADOLPHUS (SWEDEN) (1594 1632; ruled 1611 1632), king of Sweden. Gustavus was the son of Sweden's Charles IX and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp. He grew up in a particularly troubled time in Sweden's history, during which his father led a successful rebellion to depose his nephew, Sigismund I Vasa, (1599) and then ruthlessly established his place as king. Gustavus was raised as his heir. He received a humanistic education, primarily from his tutor, Johan Skytte, and was schooled in the emerging Dutch ideas in warfare. Charles IX introduced him to political affairs early, and Gustavus ...

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