Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden |Reign||October 30, 1611-November 6,
1632 (Government from December, 1611) |Coronation||October 12,
1617| |Royal motto||"Cum Deo et victribus armis"| ("With God and
victorious arms") |Queen||Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg|
|Predecessor||Charles IX of Sweden| |Successor||Christina of
Sweden| |Date of Birth||December 9, 1594| |Place of
Birth||Stockholm| |Date of Death||November 6, 1632| |Place of
Death||Battle of Lützen (Germany)| |Date of Burial||June 22,
1634| |Place of Burial||Riddarholmskyrkan, Stockholm| Gustavus
Adolphus is the Latin name form of Swedish king Gustav II Adolph
or Gustav II Adolf in Swedish. He is also known as Gustav Adolph
the Great. He was the king of Sweden from 1611, and as such one
of the major players in the Thirty Years' War where he was
styled as "The Lion of the North - Savior of Protestants".
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 Ger