Gustavus I

noun

1. Gustavus Vasa, 1496–1560, king of Sweden 1523–60.

Gustavus I

/ ɡʊˈstɑːvəs /

noun

1. 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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