About Swedish rulers..
Gustaf Adolph:
- Didnt listen to advice of Oxenstierna, wisest statesman in Europe that time
- Too fat to wear body armor in combat
- Could have ended the Thirty years war by marching into imperial heartlands, instead chose foolishly to engage in combat during a thick mist
- Crazy lust for war and death
Carl XII
- Attacked Russia without proper planning for logistics
- Lost his own personal battle of Stalingrad (in Pultava) that ended Swedish Empire's reign in power
- Escapedd to Turkey instead of honorable seppuku
- Idolised by neo nazis
- Was an absolutist, like Hitler
Queen Kristina
- Got crowned at age 5 - what did you achieve by age 5 ? lol
- Ended Thirty years war even though her councils and marshals wanted to keep going(to make profit)
- Invited top scientists and philosophers like Rene Descartes to Sweden
- killed Rene Descartes
- Chancellor Oxenstierna described her as "not at all like a female person, but brave and clearminded"
- Created three academies, had her own personal chemistry lab
- Expert rider
- Books, films and plays about her
- Killed Peter the Great in combat, avenging his father