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Re:Vasa's sister ship Äpplet found by BurningFrog on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @02:18PM (#33334249)
It seems that Gustav I also took the name Vasa from the heraldic symbol, though the Wikipedia article doesn't say so directly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Vasa

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Re:Vasa's sister ship Äpplet found by rags2riches on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @06:03PM (#33336738)
Gustav was known as "Gustav Eriksson" in his day, "Eriksson" being a patronym. Family names wasn't really a thing at the time, as coat of arms were. The form "Gustav Eriksson Vasa" first appears in the 17th century and simply "Gustav Vasa" isn't used before the 18th.
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