John III (Swedish: Johan III, Finnish: Juhana III; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death. He attained the Swedish...

monarch of the Bernadotte dynasty. In Norway, he is known as Charles III John (Norwegian: Karl III Johan) and before he became royalty in Sweden, his name...

the son of King John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagiellon, daughter of King Sigismund I of Poland. Elected monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian...

of the Reformation and of the Counter-Reformation. With the death of his brother John III of Sweden in November 1592, the Swedish throne went to his nephew...

Gustav III (24 January [O.S. 13 January] 1746 – 29 March 1792), also called Gustavus III, was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792...

Church of Sweden. However, his eldest son and successor Erik XIV of Sweden was overthrown by Gustav's younger son, King John III of Sweden. John III married...

(Swedish: Erik XIV; 13 December 1533 – 26 February 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was captured in a rebellion led by his brother John in...

John of Sweden (Swedish: Johan, Jon and Hans) may refer to: John, Swedish prince (died 1152), son of King Sverker I of Sweden John I of Sweden, King of...

John III, Duke of Cleves (1490–1539) John III of Portugal (1502–1557), King of Portugal and of the Algarves John III of Sweden (1537–1592) John III Sobieski...

of the Realm commit to electing Christian's eldest son as next king of Norway upon his death. A similar declaration was made in Sweden. In 1467, John...

was followed up by Sweden's secession from the Kalmar Union, and continued with the reign of Gustav's sons Eric XIV, John III, John's son Sigismund, and...

politics of that country and of Poland. She was starosta of Brodnica and Golub. The youngest child of King John III of Sweden and Catherine Jagiellon, she...

Duke of Östergötland 1606–18. His father was John III of Sweden and his mother was Gunilla Bielke. John's half-brother was King Sigismund III of Poland...

1523-1560 : King Gustaf I of Sweden 1560-1568 : King Eric XIV of Sweden 1568-1592 : King John III of Sweden 1592-1599 : King Sigismund of Sweden 1599-1604 : Duke...

Commonwealth and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III. Catherine had significant influence over state affairs during the reign of her spouse. She...

King of the Swedes, Goths and Vandals. John Casimir was born in Kraków on 22 March 1609. His father, Sigismund III, the grandson of Gustav I of Sweden, had...

suggested that the children of King John III of Sweden be married to children of the Habsburg dynasty. This was in a period when Sweden was close to a Counter-Reformation...

Synod of 1593, in the wake of an attempted Counter-Reformation during the reign of John III (1568–1592). The Swedish Reformation caused the Church of Sweden...

Gustav III) of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, sister of Frederick the Great. Though known as King Charles XIII in Sweden, he...

wife of Eric "XI" of Sweden Catherine of Lancaster (1372–1418), wife of Henry III of Castile Catherine of Valois (1401–1437), wife of Henry V of England...

synod of Stockholm in 1565. In order to appease the Holy See, king John III of Sweden, one of Gustav Vasa's sons, took measures to bring the Church of Sweden...

royal mistress of King John III of Sweden during his time as Prince and Duke of Finland in 1555–1562. Karin Hansdotter was the daughter of the Lutheran...

Gyllenhielm (1556/59 – June 1583), was a Swedish noble, the illegitimate daughter of King John III of Sweden and Karin Hansdotter. She spent her early...

John III Sobieski (Polish: Jan III Sobieski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈtʂɛt͡ɕi sɔˈbʲɛskʲi]); Lithuanian: Jonas III Sobieskis (Lithuanian pronunciation:...

King Magnus III, Albert claimed first place in the Swedish order of succession after the dethronement or deaths of all of the children of Magnus IV; and...

John III of Sweden and stated that she feared for their safety, and asked for permission to return to Sweden. Upon their arrival in Kalmar in Sweden in...

death and poisoned in 1577. Under the reign of John III of Sweden, the border conflicts at the border of Kexholm County led to a new war (1570–1595),...

father until his death, unlike John II Casimir whose tragic rule resulted in his abdication. The election of John III Sobieski to the Polish throne proved...

of Aragon, Italian noble (d. 1512) 1522 – Andrew Corbet, English landowner and politician (d. 1578) 1526 – Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden...

mistress of John III of Sweden 1568-1578: Karin Nilsdotter, mistress of Charles IX of Sweden 1615-1616: Margareta Slots, mistress of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden...