Gustavus Adolphus

Gustavus II

/ (əˈdɒlfəs) /

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1594–1632, king of Sweden (1611–32). A brilliant general, he waged successful wars with Denmark, Russia, and Poland and in the Thirty Years' War led a Protestant army against the Catholic League and the Holy Roman Empire (1630–32). He defeated Tilly at Leipzig (1631) and Lech (1632) but was killed at the battle of Lützen

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How to use Gustavus Adolphus in a sentence

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Gustavus Vasa was a young fellow there, who dexterously escaped this Bloodbath, and afterwards came to something.
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The mob dragged the unfortunate Fersen to the foot of Gustavus Vasa's statue, and there beat and ill-treated him till he died.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845|Various

The chair of Gustavus Vasa, of inlaid ivory, and covered with purple velvet, stands in this room.
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Their progress was one series of triumphs, till they placed Gustavus Vasa on the throne of Sweden.
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