Gustavus Adolphus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
king of Sweden · the king of Sweden · غوستافوس ادلفوس · ملك اسوج
in the texts
The Rights of War and Peace
King of Sweden who admired Grotius's work and commended him to his chancellor.
Gustavus Adolphus, the king of Sweden, before his death on the battlefield of Lützen, had commended Grotius to his great Chancellor, Oxenstiern.
Gustavus Adolphus had placed the work of Grotius along side his Bible under his soldier’s pillow, as he prosecuted his campaigns in the Thirty Years’ War.
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
The Swedish king whose European by-name the Lion of the North is cited in a note as the exact counterpart of the Arabic lion by-names.
[35] (2) The Franks give Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, the by-name of the Lion of the North.