Gustav III of Sweden

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Gustav III, King of the Swedes, the Goths and the Vends, etc. etc.
In his coronation robes. Its style is derived from the robes of king Charles XI who was the king which established absolutism first in Sweden.

Gustav III (24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1746 – 29 March 1792^{Note on dates}) was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great.

Gustav was a benefactor of arts and literature. He founded several academies, among them the Swedish Academy, and had the Royal Swedish Opera built.

As he opposed the parliamentarian reforms that had been worked out before his reign, in the Age of Liberty, and as he spent high amounts on things that pleased him, he was controversial. To distract attention from this, he tried to expand Sweden's borders through a war against Russia, but the attempt was unsuccessful. In the end, Gustav was assassinated by a conspiracy of noblemen.