Gustavus III

noun

1. 1746–92, king of Sweden 1771–92: economic and legal reformer.

Example Sentences

After the revolution of 1772 he re-entered the senate at the particular request of Gustavus III., but no longer exercised any political influence.

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One of the most cunningly devised impostures of the kind was practised upon King Gustavus III. of Sweden by ambitious noblemen of his court.

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Although he may be charged with many foibles and extravagances, Gustavus III. was indisputably one of the greatest sovereigns of the 18th century.

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He accompanied Gustavus III. in his Italian tour and returned home with him in 1784.

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Now, when the reader recollects the death of Gustavus III., and the doom of Ankarstrœm, his assassin, they will find more than a mere coincidence between that event and the circumstances of this extraordinary prophecy.

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