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gustavus adolphus

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Noun

king of Sweden whose victories in battle made Sweden a European power; his domestic reforms made Sweden a modern state; in 1630 he intervened on the Protestant side of the Thirty Years' War and was killed in the battle of Lutzen (1594-1632)

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Gustavus Gustavus II Gustavus Adolphus

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