What is Gustav III of Sweden?
{{Infobox royalty |name = Gustav III |succession = [[Monarchy of Sweden|King of Sweden]] |image = Gustav III by Alexander Roslin - no frame (Nationalmuseum, 15330).png |caption = Gustav III painted in 1777 by [[Alexander Roslin]] |reign = 12 February 1771 – 29 March 1792 |coronation = 29 May 1772 |predecessor = [[Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden|Adolf Frederick]] |successor = [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden|Gustav IV Adolf]] |spouse = [[Sophia Magdalena of Denmark]] |issue = [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden]]<br />Prince Carl Gustav, Duke of Småland |issue-link = #Marriage |issue-pipe = More... |religion = [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] |house = [[Holstein-Gottorp|House of Holstein-Gottorp]] |father = [[Adolf Frederick of Sweden]] |mother = [[Louisa Ulrika of Prussia]] |birth_date = 24 January 1746 |birth_place = [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|1792|3|29|1746|1|24|df=y}} |death_place = [[Stockholm Palace]], Stockholm |burial_date = 13 April 1792 |burial_place = [[Riddarholmen Church]], Stockholm }} '''Gustav III''' ({{OldStyleDate |24 January|1746|13 January}} – 29 March 1792{{ref |Dates| Note on dates}}) was [[List of Swedish monarchs|King of Sweden]] from 1771 until he was shot to death in 1792.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sweden.html|title=Sweden|publisher=World Statesmen|language=Swedish|accessdate=22 December 2014}}</ref> He was the eldest son of King [[Adolf Frederick of Sweden|Adolph Frederick]] and Queen [[Louisa Ulrika of Prussia|Louise Ulrika]], who was a sister of [[Frederick the Great]], King of [[Prussia]]. == References == {{commons category|Gustav III of Sweden}} {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-hou|[[House of Holstein-Gottorp (Swedish line)|House of Holstein-Gottorp]]|24 January|1746|29 March|1792|[[House of Oldenburg]]|name=Gustav III}} {{s-reg|}} {{s-bef|before=[[Adolf Frederick of Sweden|Adolf Fredrik]]}} {{s-ttl|title