Gustav II Adolf. Gustáv II. Gustav II Adolf founded Tartu, then called Dorpat, and its first university back in the days. The King is bare-headed with a high forehead, a pointed beard on his cheek. Français : Gustave II Adolphe dit le Grand ou le lion du Nord est un roi de Suède né en 1594 à Stockholm et mort tué lors de la bataille de Lützen en 1632, durant la Guerre de Trente Ans. He is dressed in an armour with a broad white bobbin laced collar falling over his shoulders and across his breast he carries a blue field band – the field marshals sign - trimmed with laces of gold. Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632) of House Vasa, King of Sweden, Defender of the Faith, the greatest of all Swedish kings, founder of the Swedish Empire, widely recognized with the titles "The Lion from the North" and "The father of modern warfare".
Gustav II Adolf, porträtt av Jacob Hoefnagel. He married Maria Eleonora von Brandenburg (1599-1655) 25 November 1620 in Stockholm, Sweden. Adolf (* 19. december 1594, Štokholm, Švédsko – † 16. november 1632, Lützen, Nemecko) bol švédsky kráľ, ktorý vládol v rokoch 1617 až 1632.. Jeho reformy zmenili švédsku armádu zo sedliackej domobrany na efektívny vojnový stroj, pravdepodobne najlepší v Európe. Gustav II Adolf the Great Vasa of Sweden, King of Sweden, was born 9 December 1594 in Stockholm, Sweden to Karl IX of Sweden (1550-1611) and Christina von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1573-1625) and died 6 November 1632 at theBattle of Lützen (1632) of unspecified causes. Gustav Adolf is shown half length, face to the right. This monument is a nice nod to its Swedish roots. English: Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632) was king of Sweden and fought in the Thirty Years' War.