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  Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gustaf Adolf's expertise and interest in a wide range of fields (architecture and botany being but two) made him respected, as did his informal and modest nature and his purposeful avoidance of pomp.
Gustaf VI Adolf was a devoted archaeologist, and was admitted to the British Academy for his work in botany in 1958.
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden was the grandfather of both Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and his direct successor, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
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 Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gustav Adolf was married to the daughter of the elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, Maria Eleonora and chose Prussia's city of Elbing as base for his operations in Germany.
As a general, Gustaf is famous for employing mobile artillery on the battlefield, as well as a very active tactic where attack was stressed over defense and mobility more important than in the usual linear tactic.
Gars is derived from the initials of "Gustavus Adolphus Rex Sueciae", Latin for "Gustav Adolf King of Sweden".
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 GUSTAF II ADOLF
On the 11th of August 1621 Gustaf II Adolf reconoittered the town personally and was fired upon from the tower Sandrundeln.
It is said that both Gustaf II Adolf and his brother Karl Filip participated in the trenchdigging with shovels in hand.
Gustaf Horns regiment stormed the halfmoon and approached the Sandrundeln to seize it.
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 GUSTAF II ADOLF
Gustaf still had the larger army and the decision to attack in the morning was taken.
Gustaf II Adolf, king of Sweden, was dead.
Gustaf II Adolf is held in his saddle by von Sachen-Lauenburg after having been shot in his back by Moritz von Falkenberg.
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 Sweden - The Monarchy now and then   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gustaf V became the first uncrowned King in 1907, he was prepared to fight for the status of the King.
In 1973 the 27-year-old Carl Gustaf, the youngest of the Bernadotte monarchs, ascended the throne.
Gustaf VI Adolf acceded to the throne in 1950, Carl Gustaf was already Sweden´s Crown Prince after his father died in an air crash 1947.
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 Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
Gustav IV Adolf (1778-1837), king of Sweden, of the house Holstein-Gottorp[?], was the son of Gustav III of Sweden and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, and born at Stockholm on November 1, 1778.
Petersburg for the purpose of arranging a marriage between the young king and Catherine II’s granddaughter, the grand-duchess Alexandra.
At the suggestion of King Oscar II of Sweden his body was brought to Sweden and interred in the Riddarholm’s church[?].
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 The Kingdom of Sweden
Son of Gustaf Adolf Prince of Sweden (1906-1947) and Sibylla Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908-1972).
The heir to the throne is Crown Prince(ss) of Sweden.
In 1973 the unmarried Carl XVI Gustaf ascended the throne.
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 Charles XIII of Sweden
Charles XIII (October 7, 1748 - February 5, 1818), king of Sweden and Norway, the second son of king Adolf Frederick of Sweden, and Louisa Ulrica of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great, was born at Stockholm on October 7, 1748.
On the death of Gustavus III, Charles, now duke of Sudermania, acted as regent of Sweden till 1796; but the real ruler of the country was the narrow-minded and vindictive Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, whose mischievous influence over him was supreme.
On the accession of Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (November 1796), the duke became a mere cipher in politics till the March 13, 1809, when those who had dethroned Gustav IV Adolf appointed him regent, and finally elected king by Riksdag of the Estates.
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 Articles - Gustav V of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
She was the granddaughter of Sofia of Sweden, and her marriage to Gustaf V united by a future real blood link (and not only so-called adoption) the reigning Bernadotte dynasty with the former royal house of Holstein-Gottorp that sometimes called itself Vasa.
Gustaf himself was a descendant of the original House of Vasa, e.g of Gustaf I through both his mother Sophia of Nassau and his grandmother Josephine of Leuchtenberg.
Gustaf V was the last Swedish king to intervene directly in the politics of the country, in 1914 on the disputes over defence budgets.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sweden is a constitutional monarchy; the crown is hereditary in accordance with the law of primogeniture.
The primate of Sweden is the Archbishop of Upsala; the king is the summus episcopus.
The victorious King Christian II was guilty of great cruelty to his former foes, largely due to the influence of Archbishop Trolle, and this made the Church very unpopular among a large portion of the population.
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 People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gustav Adolf was born December 9 1598 at Stockholm.
When Gustaf Adolf inherited the Swedish throne, the country was involved in wars with Denmark, Poland and Russia.
Gustaf then marched his army into Germany to help the Protestants who were involved in the Thirty Year's War against the Catholic League and the Holy Roman Empire.
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 Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden - WikiGadugi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gustav ᎧᏬᎳᏕᏍᎬ Adolf (ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏇ ᎤᎾᏅᏛ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ Gustaf Adolf ᎦᏁᎸ ᎠᏓᎾᏅ ᎠᎴ Gustavus ᎧᏬᎳᏕᏍᎬ Adolphus) (ᎥᏍᎩᏱ 9, 1594 – ᏅᏓᏕᏆ 6, 1632
Gustav Adolf ᏥᏄᏍᏛᎩ ᏕᎨᎦᏨᏍᏔᏅ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏂᏁᎩ Brandenburg-Prussia, Maria Eleonora ᎠᎴ ᎤᏑᏰᏒ Prussia ᎤᏤᎵ ᎦᏚᎲᎢ Elbing ᏥᏄᏍᏗ alenvdidsv ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏥᏰᎶᎲ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ Germany.
Gustav Adolf ᎢᎦ ᎨᏒᎢ ᎤᎾᏕᏗᏴᎲ ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ Sweden ᎠᏂᏏᏴᏫᎭ ᏑᏕᏘᏴᏓ ᎾᎿ ᏅᏓᏕᏆ 6.
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 Chronology of Sweden (1930-1959)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway enact a declaration on neutrality.
Sweden, Denmark, and Norway issue a joint declaration that a Russian attack on Finland would be considered an attack on the whole north.
Karl Gustaf is born to Prince Gustaf Adolf and Sibylla, at Haga Palace.
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 Swedish royalty
Gustav VI was born in 1882 at Stockholm, Sweden.
Carl XVI Gustaf was born on 30 April 1946 at Haga Palace, the youngest child and only son of the Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess Sibylla of Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha.
As Prince Gustaf Adolf was killed in an air crash in 1947, his son was already Sweden’s Crown Prince when his grandfather Gustaf VI Adolf acceded to the throne in 1950.
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 The Royal House of Sweden, 1939-1945
Sigvard Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden and Duke of Uppland (1907-).
Lennart Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden and Duke of Smaland (1909-).
Carl, Prince Bernadotte, formerly Prince of Sweden and Duke of Ostergötland (1911-).
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 TGOL - Wasa
He was Gustaf II Adolf (in English ‘Gustavus Adolphus’), and was to become one of Sweden’s greatest kings.
In the old days, Sweden was not at all close to compromises and as neutral loving as the country is known to be today.
By 1628, Sweden was at war with Poland because Poland’s king Sigismund III thought he had the right to claim the Swedish throne because of some family relations dating far back in time.
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 Royalty.nu - Swedish Royalty, Kings and Queen of Sweden
Sweden and Norway were united under the same monarch, King Magnus, in 1319.
Sweden dropped out of the Kalmar union in 1523 and elected its own king, Gustav I. The current Swedish royal family, the House of Bernadotte, is descended from a French commoner, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, who was a marshal of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Swedish monarch Oscar II was forced to abdicate as king of Norway, but continued to reign in Sweden until his death in 1907.
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 Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gustav Adolf was married to the daughter of the elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, Maria Eleonora and chose Prussia's city of as base for his operations in Germany.
Gars is derived from the initials of "Gustavus Adolphus Sueciae", for "Gustav Adolf King of ".
Gustav was killed at the Battle of Lützen where, at a crucial point in the battle, he was separated from his troops while leading a cavalry charge into a dense of mist and gunpowder smoke.
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 HGS: Göteborg Branch
Gustaf II Adolf established the city on the site of a good harbor and made it a great shipping place and it has been the most important seaport in Sweden.
On 19 Jul 1857 10 rigsdaler was appropriated from the tithing fund for expenses from the prosecution of the elders.
On 25 Oct 1903 Gustaf Julin was appointed president with Jenny Horn and Hildur Olsson as counselors.
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 ONLIPIX - Great names pictures : GUS
GUSTAF II ADOLF (son of CHARLES IX and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, king of Sweden from 1611 to 1632)(1594-1632)
GUSTAF IV ADOLF (son of GUSTAF III and Sofia Magdalena, king of Sweden from 1778 to 1837)(1778-1837)
GUSTAF V (son of OSCAR II and SOFIA, king of Sweden from 1907 to 1950)(1858-1950)
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 People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sigismund was born June 20 1566 at Gripsholm Castle in Sweden.
In 1617 Sigismund turned his attention to the Turks, and while his troops were fighting in Moldavia, Gustaf II Adolf of Sweden invaded Poland.
Sigismund might have believed that one day he could regain the Swedish throne, but the invasion by Gustaf II Adolf brought an end to that dream.
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 Sweden Heads of State
Known as Mätta Ivarsdotter in Sweden, she was very influential during the regency of her third husband was Svante Nilsson Sture, who was Regent of Sweden for King Hans of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
She succeeded her father Gustav II Adolf at the age of six, a regency under Axel Oxenstierna ruling until she assumed full royal power in 1644.
Influential during reign of husband, King Gustaf V Adolf of Sweden (1858-1958), particularly 1911-14 when she acted as liaison between the king and Premier Karl Staef who did not communicate.
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 700000 people connected with European Royalty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Johann Adolf Saxony-Weissenfe and Johannette Antoinette Juliane Saxe Eisenach
Johann Adolf Saxony Weissenfe and Johanne Magdalene Princess Of Saxe Altenburg
Landgrave Of Hesse Philippsth Adolf and Princess Of Saxe Meiningen Luise
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 Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Gustav’s prompt dismissal of the generally detested Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm added still further to his popularity.
In exile Gustav used several titles, Count Gottorp, Duke of Holstein-Eutin, and finally settled at St. Gallen in Switzerland where he in great loneliness and indigence, on February 7, 1837, under the name of Colonel Gustafsson suffered a stroke and died.
At the suggestion of King Oscar II of Sweden his body was brought to Sweden and interred in the Riddarholmskyrkan.
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