Gustavus II
n 1: 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) [syn: {Gustavus}, {Gustavus II}, {Gustavus
Adolphus}]