the ledger of connections
The Connections of Gustavus Adolphus
Swedish king (regent 1611–1632) (1594–1632) Every person recorded alongside Gustavus Adolphus in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Gustavus Adolphus in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Charles IX of Sweden, Christina of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp
- Spouses
- Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg
- Children
- Christina of Sweden, Count Gustav of Vasaborg, 1st Count of Nystad
- Siblings
- Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Princess Maria Elizabeth of Sweden, Carl Gyllenhielm, Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland
- Teachers
- Jacob De la Gardie
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1594 to 1632.
Early Modern era
Christoph Jentzsch
April 13, 1599 – April 25, 1648
Historical figure
Early Modern era
Elizabeth I
September 7, 1533 – March 24, 1603
Queen whose reign made England a global power and cultural beacon
Early Modern era
Philip II of Spain
May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598
King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598
Early Modern era
Oliver Cromwell
April 25, 1599 – September 3, 1658
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
Early Modern era
Akbar
October 15, 1542 – October 15, 1605
The third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605
Early Modern era
Shah Jahan
January 15, 1592 – January 22, 1666
The fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658
Early Modern era
Aurangzeb
November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707
The sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707
Early Modern era
Shivaji
February 19, 1627 – April 3, 1680
Indian Maratha king and founder of the Maratha Swaraj (Empire)
Early Modern era
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
February 2, 1536 – September 18, 1598
Japanese samurai and daimyo (1537–1598)
Early Modern era
Tokugawa Ieyasu
January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616
Founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)
Early Modern era
Galileo Galilei
February 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642
Astronomer and physicist, father of observational science
Early Modern era
Johannes Kepler
December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630
German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)