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Augustana Church was the direct parent of several liberal arts colleges in the United States: Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois; Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota; Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas; California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California; Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska; and the defunct ...
Gustavus Adolphus's lit de parade, by F. and J. Strachen, Wolgast 1633 Gustavus Adolphus's sarcophagus at Riddarholmen Church As those Vasa princes who descended from deposed monarchs were excluded from the throne and Gustavus Adolphus's younger brother had died ten years before, his young daughter Christina became his successor, with Maria ...
Gustavus Adolphus was the main figure responsible for the success of Swedish arms during the Thirty Years' War and led his nation to great prestige. As a general, Gustavus Adolphus is famous for employing mobile artillery on the battlefield, as well as very aggressive tactics, where attack was stressed over defense, and mobility and cavalry ...
Gustavus Adolphus' father, Charles IX of Sweden – the uncle of Sigisimund – also a Vasa, was awarded the throne, in part because he was an ardent Lutheran. Soon after, Sweden became engaged in wars with the Kingdom of Denmark–Norway and the Tsardom of Russia .
It was a Protestant victory, but cost the life of one of the most important leaders of the Protestant alliance, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, which caused the Protestant campaign to lose direction later. Near the spot where Gustavus Adolphus fell, a granite boulder was placed in position on the day after the battle.
Gustav Adolf Church may refer to: Gustav Adolf Church, Borås; Gustav Adolf Church, Habo Municipality; ... Gustavus Adolphus This page was last edited on 7 ...
In 1616 Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden was looking for a Protestant bride and he was very interested in Annas daughter the 17-year-old Maria Eleonora. John Sigismund, was favorably inclined towards the Swedish king, but he was in very ill health after suffering apoplectic stroke in the autumn of 1617.
When Gustavus Adolphus landed in Pomerania, the German Protestant nobility met his intervention with distrust. [15] [33] In April 1631, at a convention in Leipzig, they decided to set up a third front on their own, [28] and except for Magdeburg, who had allied with Sweden already on 1 August 1630, [15] did not side with Sweden. [33]