Gustavus II

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Gustavus II (Adolphus) (1594–1632) King of Sweden (1611–32). He succeeded his father, Charles IX, during a constitutional crisis. Gustav's reign was distinguished by constitutional, legal, and educational reforms. He ended war with Denmark (1613) and Russia (1617). Hoping to increase Sweden's control of the Baltic and to support Protestantism, he entered the Thirty Years' War (1618–48) and died in battle.

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