Gustavus I

noun

Gustavus Vasa, 1496–1560, king of Sweden 1523–60.

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Gustavus I. sent a splendid army to meet Christian near Kongelf.
Sweden | Victor Nilsson
His most important polemical work is an answer to twelve questions on the religious question propounded by Gustavus I. of Sweden.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 | Various
They had served as a treasury during the reign of Gustavus I., but now stood empty.
Sweden | Victor Nilsson
The efforts of Gustavus I. to set the Swedish fleet in good order thus proved to be of the greatest consequence.
Sweden | Victor Nilsson
In this chapel Gustavus I. is interred between his two wives.
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Gustavus I

/ (ɡʊˈstɑːvəs) /

noun

called Gustavus Vasa. ?1496–1560, king of Sweden (1523–60). He was elected king after driving the Danes from Sweden (1520–23)

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