Gustavus

noun King of Sweden who increased the royal power and waged an unpopular war against Russia (1746-1792)

noun King of Sweden whose losses to Napoleon I led to his being deposed in 1809 (1778-1837)

noun King of Sweden who kept Sweden neutral during both World War I and II (1858-1950)

noun 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)