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    Erik XIV or Eric XIV (13 December 1533 – 26 February 1577) became King of Sweden following the death of his father, Gustav I, on 29 September 1560. During...
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    Charles XIV John (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first...
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    his first marriage, Eric XIV. In his will, Catherine was promised custody of the Princesses, who were to live at the court of Eric or her until they married...
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    of King Erik XIV of Sweden was made in Stockholm in 1561 by Flemish goldsmith Cornelius ver Weiden, for the coronation of King Erik XIV. It is held in...
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  • Constantia Eriksdotter (1560–1649) was the illegitimate daughter of Eric XIV of Sweden and Agda Persdotter. She was called "The Queen of Tiveden". Constantia...
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    foundation of the 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...
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     1523–1560) and of his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, the brother of King Eric XIV and of King John III, and the uncle of Sigismund, who became king both...
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    Slottsberg. 1810-1818 : Mariana Koskull, also a mistress of his successor Charles XIV John of Sweden 1811-1823 1819-1827: Jaquette Löwenhielm 1834-1840: Emilie...
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    sources have referred to Eric the Victorious as either King Eric V or Eric VI, modern inventions by counting backwards from Eric XIV (1560–1568), who adopted...
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    the crowns remain. When king Eric was crowned the robe also had a trimming and a collar made out of ermine. After Eric XIV, John III, Charles IX and Gustav...
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    to Eric XIV of Sweden. He probably knew the portrait painter Steven van der Meulen from his period in Antwerp, who also visited the court of Eric XIV and...
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  • ruler Eric the Victorious (c. 980–995). Referring to Erik Ringsson as King Eric IV or V is later inventions, counting backwards from Eric XIV (1560–68)...
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    King Eric XIV of Sweden and of his lover, later spouse and queen, Karin Månsdotter. Sigrid was born in Svartsjö Castle, Färingsö, to King Eric and Karin...
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    authorities and the king from the beginning of his reign. During the reign of Eric XIV the representation addition was completed. Also during his reign, the Sture...
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    imprisonment in August 1563 on Eric XIV's behalf, whereupon Sigismund allied with Denmark and Lübeck against Eric XIV in October the same year. The intervention...
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    Johansson Cecilia Månsdotter Children Eric XIV John III Catherine Cecilia Magnus Anna Sophia Elizabeth Charles IX Eric XIV Children Sigrid Gustav John III Children...
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  • of Åbo by the royal army under Eric XIV against his brother, John III, in 1563. In Stockholm, the brothers, Eric XIV and John III were competing in who...
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  • Örbyhus Castle, located a few kilometers from the village, is where king Eric XIV of Sweden was imprisoned until his death from arsenic poisoning on 26 February...
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  • republic. The only royal people who are buried in Finland is the wife of King Eric XIV of Sweden, Queen Karin Månsdotter and her daughter Sigrid of Sweden (1566–1633)...
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    Ages and before did not use regnal numbers. In the 16th century, kings Eric XIV and Charles IX assumed ahistorical and exaggerated regnal numbers based...
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    on his own initiative and without the consent of Eric XIV, during a time when Sweden under Eric XIV was fighting Poland in the Livonian war. John viewed...
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  • that was built between 1561 and 1563. She was the leading ship of King Eric XIV of Sweden's fleet and one of the largest warships of the time. In 1564...
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  • about a jewellery purchase connected to a visit by Elizabeth's suitor, Eric XIV of Sweden. Anything unsold in England would be custom free. John Dymocke...
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  • (Continued as king) 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...
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    best-selling alternate history book series, 1632, written by American author Eric Flint (first published in 2000). The song "The Lion from the North" from...
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    under Eric XIV and the Pontus De la Gardie, along with the dukes Charles and John met in Botkyrka in 1568 during the ongoing uprising against Eric XIV. It...
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  • reinstate the imprisoned Eric XIV of Sweden on the Swedish throne. It was the last of three major plots to free the imprisoned Eric XIV, and was preceded by...
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  • wife of John III of Sweden Catherine Månsdotter (1550–1612), wife of Eric XIV of Sweden Ketevan the Martyr (1565–1624), wife of David I of Kakheti and...
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  • Theater for the New City. The company also presented stage readings of Erik XIV, Gustav Adolf and Karl XII in new translations by Ms. Weckwerth on Wednesdays...
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  • king Eric XIV of Sweden and inserted his brother, John III of Sweden, as king. 1569: The plot against John III of Sweden, seeking to reinstate Eric XIV of...
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