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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 6613841, member: 89314&quot;]Gustavus Adolphus. King of Sweden and prominent Protestant general in the 30 Years&#039; War in Germany, killed in battle</p><p><br /></p><p>The Battle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen_(1632)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen_(1632)" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #000000">Lützen</span></a> (6 November 1632) was one of the most decisive battles of the Thirty Years&#039; War. It was a Protestant victory, but the Protestant alliance lost one of its most important leaders, which caused the Protestant campaign to lose direction. Gustavus Adolphus was killed when, at a crucial point in the battle, he became separated from his troops while leading a cavalry charge on his wing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Towards 1:00 pm, in the thick mix of gun smoke and fog covering the field, the king was separated from his fellow riders and suffered multiple shots. A bullet crushed his left arm below the elbow. Almost simultaneously his horse suffered a shot to the neck that made it hard to control. In the mix of fog and smoke from the burning town of Lützen the king rode astray behind enemy lines. There he sustained yet another shot in the back, was stabbed and fell from his horse. Lying on the ground, he received a final, fatal shot to the temple. His fate remained unknown for some time. However, when the gunnery paused and the smoke cleared, his horse was spotted between the two lines, Gustavus himself not on it and nowhere to be seen. His disappearance stopped the initiative of the hitherto successful Swedish right wing, while a search was conducted. His partly stripped body was found an hour or two later, and was secretly evacuated from the field in a Swedish artillery wagon.</p><p><br /></p><p>After his death, Gustavus&#039;s wife initially kept his body, and later his heart, in the castle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyk%C3%B6ping" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyk%C3%B6ping" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #000000">Nyköping</span></a> for over a year. His remains (including his heart) are now at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddarholm_Church" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddarholm_Church" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #000000">Riddarholm Church</span></a> in Stockholm. (Wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>SWEDEN Gustav II Adolf&nbsp; Riksdaler 1632</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1266863[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1266864[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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