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Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

1594–1632 · Vasa

Swedish king (regent 1611–1632). Born at Stockholm Palace. Died at Lützen.

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Reigned

1611–1632

Monarch of Sweden

The warship that sank in the harbour

Gustavus Adolphus ordered the warship Vasa, one of the most powerfully armed vessels in the world. On 10 August 1628 it sank about 1,300 metres into its maiden voyage, too top-heavy to stay upright. It was raised in 1961 and is now a museum.

Family

Father: Charles IX of Sweden
Mother: Christina of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
Married: Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg 1620
Children (2): Count Gustav of Vasaborg, 1st Count of Nystad 1616
Christina of Sweden 1626
Siblings (3): Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg 1584
Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden 1596
Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland 1601

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Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was the 23× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
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