King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ordered the building of the ship in 1628 for battle as well as strategic objectives, History Defined reported. Adolphus wanted the ship to be magnificent.

As the Principe Alfonso steamed slowly in, King Gustaf V of Sweden watched from a balcony of his immense, square palace, commanding the lagoon. Came the slow thunder of a royal salute and its return.

In league with the greatest living Protestant king, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Catholic Richelieu broke the power of the greatest Catholic state in Europe—Habsburg Spain. How & why the great ...

The King of Sweden will award the Royal Order of the North Star to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, former NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg and eight other foreign citizens for helping ...

6. Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632). Gustavus Adolphus was king of Sweden between 1611-1632, and helped put Sweden on the map. One of his greatest victories was at the Battle of Breitenfeld during ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and former NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg will be knighted in Sweden for ...

Stockholm: HM King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and HM Queen Silvia received HE Nadia bint Ahmed Al Sheebi, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Kingdom of Sweden, during a reception hosted by HM ...

On display at the Gothic House was a ‘fragment of a salmon smock of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden’, cut out by the princess herself and brought back from the Vienna Arsenal. Professor Zdzisław ...

Republicans object to Australia’s hereditary monarchy, partly because it’s foreign and partly because it’s a medieval absurdity stranded in a modern, democratic age. If that were so – and if I were ...

The building's foundation dates back to 1617 — a time when Gustavus Adolphus the Great was the King of Sweden and the world had just invented telescopes and steam turbines. The hotel's renovated ...

St. Peter police arrested an 18-year-old after the armed carjacking of a Gustavus Adolphus College student early Saturday morning. The police department received a call on Saturday morning about a ...