families: the early Leijonhufvud clan of Swedish nobility (the name meaning Lion's Head), being the daughter of Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud, a man executed...

placed her nephew John III of Sweden on the throne. Born to Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud (d. 1520), a victim of the Stockholm Bloodbath, and Ebba Eriksdotter...

made himself the king. His important ally was his maternal uncle Sten Leijonhufvud, who at deathbed was made Count of Raseborg. Shortly after this John...

the second cousin of the future king. She married riksråd Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud on 18 January 1512 in Söderköping. She was, as other women of her...

Vasa. His mother was queen Margareta Leijonhufvud. Magnus was the only of Gustav Vasa's sons – except for Karl and Sten, who died in infancy – that didn't...

Gustafsson Stenbock, Arvid Gustafsson Stenbock, Erik Sparre, Erik Brahe and Sten Banér fled to entreat Sigismund to return and counter Charles. In 1597, a...

wife of Regent Sten Sture the Elder, d.1507. Queen consorts Regent consorts 1501-1503: Ingeborg Tott (second time), wife of Regent Sten Sture the Elder...

1868–1876 Gothenburg and Bohus County Abraham Leijonhufvud   independent 1885–1893 Kopparberg County Sten Leijonhufvud   Protectionist Party 1889–1894 Södermanland...