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Definition of Gustavus adolphus

1. Noun. King of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632).

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Literary usage of Gustavus adolphus

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1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Of the two alternatives before gustavus adolphus the one was to march direct ... It has been suggested that gustavus adolphus had yet another reason for not ..."

2. The Period of the Reformation 1517 to 1648 by Ludwig Häusser, Wilhelm Oncken (1884)
"SWEDEN AND gustavus adolphus.* Sweden before gustavus adolphus. ... gustavus adolphus in Sweden, 1611-30.—Position of Affairs at the beginning of his Reign. ..."

3. Readings in European History: A Collection of Extracts from the Sources by James Harvey Robinson (1906)
"THE INTERVENTION OF gustavus adolphus gustavus adolphus before sailing for Germany bade a touching farewell to the representatives of his people assembled ..."

4. History of the House of Austria, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by by William Coxe (1847)
"This enemy was gustavus adolphus. Since the time of Gustavus Vasa, Sweden had been agitated by intestine commotions, and its foreign wars confined to the ..."

5. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"Wallenstein was a sacrifice to the League and to the ambition of Maximilian. In the second act of this long drama, gustavus adolphus, of Sweden, ..."

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