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Gustav II Adolf (9 December 1594 ? 6 November 1632) (O.S.), widely known in English by the Latinized name Gustavus Adolphus and variously in historical writings sometimes as simply just Gustavus, or Gustavus the Great, or Gustav Adolf the Great (Swedish: Gustav Adolf den store) (from the special distinction passed by the Swedish Parliament in 1634), was founder of the Swedish Empire or Stormaktstiden ?