Gustavus

Words with a similar base: Gustavus, Gustavus_Adolphus, Gustavus_I, Gustavus_II, Gustavus_III, Gustavus_IV, Gustavus_V, Gustavus_VI

'Gustavus'

[gustavus.n.01] as in: the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973)

'Gustavus'

[gustavus.n.02] as in: king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950)

'Gustavus'

[gustavus.n.03] as in: king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837)

'Gustavus'

[gustavus.n.04] as in: king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792)

'Gustavus'

[gustavus.n.05] as in: 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)

'Gustavus'

[gustavus.n.06] as in: king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560)