Gustave III

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkbp:birthDate 1746-01-24
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Gustav_III
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Stockholm,_Sweden
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Riddarholmen_Church,_Stockholm
1792-04-13
gptkbp:causeOfDeath Gunshot wound
gptkbp:child gptkb:Gustav_IV_Adolf
gptkbp:coronationDate gptkb:Stockholm_Cathedral
1772-05-29
gptkbp:deathDate 1792-03-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Stockholm,_Sweden
gptkbp:education gptkb:Uppsala_University
gptkbp:father gptkb:Adolf_Frederick_of_Sweden
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Holstein-Gottorp
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gustave III
gptkbp:killedBy gptkb:Jacob_Johan_Anckarström
gptkbp:knownFor Patronage of the arts
Founding the Swedish Academy
Political reforms
Opera reforms
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:French
gptkb:German
Swedish
gptkbp:monarchNumber gptkb:King_of_Sweden_(1771–1792)
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Louisa_Ulrika_of_Prussia
gptkbp:nationality Swedish
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Gustavian_coup_d'état_of_1772
gptkb:Russo-Swedish_War_(1788–1790)
Enlightened absolutism
Abolition of torture in Sweden
Assassinated at a masquerade ball
Freedom of religion act (1781)
Swedish Academy founded
Theatre reforms in Sweden
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:Alexander_Roslin
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Adolf_Frederick_of_Sweden
gptkbp:reignEnd 1792-03-29
gptkbp:reignStart 1771-02-12
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Charles_XIII_of_Sweden
gptkb:Frederick_Adolf,_Duke_of_Östergötland
gptkb:Sophia_Albertina,_Abbess_of_Quedlinburg
gptkbp:signature Gustav III signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sophia_Magdalena_of_Denmark
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Gustav_IV_Adolf
gptkbp:title gptkb:King
gptkb:Grand_Duke_of_Finland
Holy Roman Emperor
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Daniel_Auber
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8