Ruler · 1594 – 1632

Gustavus Adolphus

Lived 1594 – 1632; military leader. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1611 – 1632; also in the line of Swedish Empire.

Wikidata's English label: Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1594 – 1632; 38 years
In office: 21 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: ended otherwise; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 45th of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

41 before

John III of Sweden1568 – 1592

Sigismund III Vasa1592 – 1599

Charles IX of Sweden1604 – 1611

Gustavus Adolphus1611 – 1632

Christina, Queen of Sweden1632 – 1654

Charles X Gustav1654 – 1660

Charles XI of Sweden1660 – 1697

14 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1611 – 1632 · 21 years · came to it aged 17

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: ended otherwisecoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

then died in battle within a year of leaving

Also in the line of Swedish Empire (1st of 7).

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