“Gustavian" refers to the board type, which was invented by King Gustav III of Sweden, for his "Gustav III's Chess"
This chess variant was invented by King Gustav III of Sweden...
SOURCE;
(G.J. Billberg, "Hand-bibliothek för sällskapsnöjen"; Stockholm (1838-39)
King Gustav III is credited with adding a seventh type of piece to the standard array—The Amazon.
This piece combines the powers of Queen and Knight...
Four of them—two on each side— are placed on the corners of the board...
This portrait is now erroneously titled:
"Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albert Badin"
(Adolf Fredrik was Gustav’s father)
It was painted by Gustaf Lundberg in 1775...
In 1750, Gustaf Lundberg became the official Court painter for Louisa Ulrika, Queen of Sweden, who commissioned him to paint portraits of her son Gustav III...
Gustav III was the nephew of Frederick the Great, who was the great-great grandson of William the Silent aka Willam of Orange...
“In person, Orange was above the middle height, perfectly well made and sinewy, but rather spare than stout. His eyes, hair, beard, and complexion were brown”
SOURCE;
(John Stevens Cabot Abbott, “The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte”; 1859)
Emmanuel Van Meteren who certainly knew William the Silent said:
“He was a well built man, taller than the average, with brown complexion and beard”
Everhard Van Reyd, who also knew him said:
“He had medium height, [and a] brown complexion”
SOURCES;
(Ruth Putnam, "William the Silent, Prince of Orange, the Moderate Man of the Sixteenth Century; The Story of His Life as Told from His Own Letters, from Those of His Friends and Enemies and from Official Documents"; 1895)
(Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton, "Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages" Volume 9; 1906)
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792...
He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika...
A patron of the arts and benefactor of arts and literature, Gustav founded the Swedish Academy, created a national costume and had the Royal Swedish Opera built...
He was initiated into Freemasonry in 1780 and subsequently reorganized Swedish Freemasonry by the adoption of the Rite of Strict Observance...
A masked ball took place at the Royal Opera House in Stockholm at midnight on March 16, 1792…
Gustav had arrived earlier that evening to enjoy a dinner in the company of friends…
During dinner, he received an anonymous letter that contained a threat to his life, but as the king had received numerous threatening letters in the past, he chose to ignore it, and after dining, left his rooms to take part in the masquerade…
The king was spotted easily because of his Royal Order of the Seraphim star…
He was greeted in French with the words: “Bonjour, beau masque” (“Good-day beautiful mask”), after which Anckarström shot him…
The king cried out in French: “Ah! Je suis blessé, tirez-moi d'ici et arrêtez-le!” ("Ah! I am wounded, take me away from here and arrest him!")
He was not shot dead, but his wound became infected, and he died on March 29…
His last words were, “Jag känner mig sömnig, några ögonblicks vila skulle göra mig gott.” ("I feel sleepy, a few moments rest would do me good.")
Giuseppe Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera” (“A Masked Ball”) is based on the assassination of Gustav III…
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