Gustavus I

noun

Gustavus I

/ ɡʊˈstɑːvəs /

Gustavus I?14961560MSwedishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler called Gustavus Vasa. ?1496–1560, king of Sweden (1523–60). He was elected king after driving the Danes from Sweden (1520–23)

Gustavus I. sent a splendid army to meet Christian near Kongelf.

His most important polemical work is an answer to twelve questions on the religious question propounded by Gustavus I. of Sweden.

They had served as a treasury during the reign of Gustavus I., but now stood empty.

The efforts of Gustavus I. to set the Swedish fleet in good order thus proved to be of the greatest consequence.

In this chapel Gustavus I. is interred between his two wives.

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