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    was the son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife Margaret Leijonhufvud. He was also, quite autonomously, the Duke of Finland from 1556 to 1563...
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    National Chamber Counsellor, Count Johan Casimir Leijonhufvud and Sidonia Grip and grandson of Count Axel Leijonhufvud, the worried and most bullersammaste...
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    John II Casimir Vasa (Polish: Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Lithuanian: Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand...
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    Margravine of Baden-Durlach, was a Swedish princess, daughter of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg and Princess Catherine of Sweden (a granddaughter...
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    belonged to the Vasa dynasty, Johan III's son Sigismund, and Sigismund's two sons Vladislav IV of Poland and Johan II Casimir. Arms of the Vasa Swedish Royal...
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    succeeded to the Polish-Lithuanian throne by his half-brother, John II Casimir Vasa. Władysław's death marked the end of relative stability in the Polish–Lithuanian...
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    Adolph John I (German: Adolf Johann I.; Swedish: Adolf Johan; 11 October 1629 – 14 October 1689) was Count Palatine of Kleeburg from 1654 until 1689 and...
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    8. Gustav I of Sweden 4. John III of Sweden 9. Margaret Leijonhufvud 2. Sigismund III Vasa 10. Sigismund I the Old 5. Catherine Jagiellon 11. Bona Sforza...
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    son of King Gustav I (r. 1523–1560) and of his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, the brother of King Eric XIV and of King John III, and the uncle of...
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    was the third son of King Gustav Vasa. His mother was queen Margareta Leijonhufvud. Magnus was the only of Gustav Vasa's sons – except for Karl and Sten...
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    earlier. They had seven children: John Casimir (Polish: Jan Kazimierz; 25 December 1607 – 14 January 1608) John Casimir (Polish: Jan Kazimierz; 22 March 1609 –...
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    Sweden as the daughter of King Gustav I and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, and Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern as the wife of Christopher II, Margrave...
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    East Frisia. She was the oldest daughter of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvud. She was the autonomous Regent of Berum [nl] and Norden in Ostfriesland...
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    remaining prisoners. The court, headed by Erik Brahe and Count Axel Leijonhufvud consisted of 155 members, with Charles himself being the prosecutor....
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    time) 1600–1601 Karl Henriksson Horn [de] 1601–1602 Moritz Stensson Leijonhufvud [de] 1605–1608 Axel Nilsson Ryning 1611–1617 Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna...
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    Sigismund III Vasa and his wife Constance of Austria and the brother of John Casimir, John Albert, Alexander Charles and Anna Catherine Constance. Charles Ferdinand...
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    four, with two women appointed to share each office. Accordingly, Ebba Leijonhufvud and Christina Natt och Dag were appointed to share the position of royal...
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    Castle in Östergötland, Sweden to Princess Catharina of Sweden and Johann Casimir, Count Palatine von Zweibrücken-Kleeburg. Her mother was an elder half-sister...
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    his second year. In 1536, his father, Gustav Vasa, married Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516–1551), a Swedish noblewoman. Eric's first teacher was the learned...
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    Wilhelm Moberg who asked to see the King's letter written to his cousin Johan at Swedish National Archive, and then wrote about it". Archived from the...
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    of Christina Gyllenstierna and then under her aunts Brita and Martha Leijonhufvud before her father's remarriage to Catherine Stenbock. They were then...
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    arranged for the love marriage between her maid of honour Sigrid Brahe and Johan Gyllenstierna. This became a great scandal as Brahe was engaged to another...
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    was Ebba Brahe, daughter of Lord High Steward Magnus Brahe and Brita Leijonhufvud. Ebba had a relationship with young King Gustavus Adolphus, probably...
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    Euphrosyne was born at Stegeborg Castle, Östergötland, to Count Palatine John Casimir of Zweibrücken and Princess Catherine of Sweden. In 1622, her family fled...
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    Margareta Regina: vid Gustav Vasas sida : [en biografi över Margareta Leijonhufvud (1516-1551)], Setterblad, Stockholm, 2016 Mauritz Rasmusson, urn:sbl:9197...
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  • County Abraham Leijonhufvud lieutenant general 1823 Kopparberg County Sten Leijonhufvud lieutenant colonel 1826 Södermanland County Casimir Lewenhaupt former...
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    Austria*^ (1520–1521) Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1531–1533) Margaret Leijonhufvud (1536–1551) Catherine Stenbock (1552–1560) Karin Månsdotter (1567–1568)...
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  • June 1539 21 December 1610 Eldest daughter of Gustav I and Margaret Leijonhufvud Married Edzard II, Count of East Frisia, on 1 October 1559, widowed in...
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    Cathedral Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg 1513–1535 Uppsala Cathedral Margaret Leijonhufvud 1516–1551 Uppsala Cathedral Catherine Stenbock 1535–1621 Uppsala Cathedral...
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    August 12 – Paul Speratus, German Lutheran (b. 1484) August 26 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516) September 30 – Ōuchi Yoshitaka...
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