Noun Definition

gustavus

1.Definition: king of Sweden who established Lutheranism as the state religion (1496-1560)

Related Noun(s):gustavus i

Category: People

2.Definition: king of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792)

Related Noun(s):gustavus iii

Category: People

3.Definition: king of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950)

Related Noun(s):gustavus v

Category: People

4.Definition: king of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837)

Related Noun(s):gustavus iv

Category: People

5.Definition: 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)

Related Noun(s):gustavus adolphus, gustavus ii

Category: People

6.Definition: the last king of Sweden to have any real political power (1882-1973)

Related Noun(s):gustavus vi

Category: People