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...

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...

Constantia Eriksdotter (1560–1649) was the illegitimate daughter of Eric XIV of Sweden and Agda Persdotter. She was called "The Queen of Tiveden". Constantia...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

and reinstate the imprisoned Eric XIV of Sweden on the Swedish throne. The plot was instigated by the courtiers of Eric's spouse queen Karin Månsdotter;...

arrange marriage between Elizabeth I and Eric XIV but failed. The mission was in part to remove King Eric XIV rival Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

 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...

published in Paris in 1719, starts with Canute I and shows Eric XIV and Charles IX as Eric IV and Charles II respectively; the only Charles holding his...

when held, as in the Realm's Herredag, later Riddarhuset. In 1561, King Eric XIV began to grant some noblemen the titles of count (greve) or baron (friherre)...

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...

secession from the Kalmar Union, and continued with the reign of Gustav's sons Eric XIV, John III, John's son Sigismund, and finally Gustav's youngest son Charles...

a plot in 1574 to assassinate John III of Sweden, free the imprisoned Eric XIV of Sweden and place him or Charles IX of Sweden upon the Swedish throne...

Denmark with the dissolution of the Kalmar Union, and the will of King Eric XIV of Sweden to break Denmark's dominating position. The fighting continued...

oldest son Eric XIV. His reign was marked by Sweden's entrance into the Livonian War and the Northern Seven Years' War. The combination of Eric's developing...

Eric XII of Sweden, rival King of Sweden and to his father Magnus IV from 1356 to his death in 1359 Eric XIII of Sweden, Eric of Pomerania Eric XIV of...

Dacke War, the Swedish admiral Jakob Bagge was a 60 year old veteran. Eric XIV ordered him to provoke the Danes near Gotland or Bornholm and get them...

negotiated with king Eric XIV of Sweden to create an alliance between Sweden and Denmark-Norway through a marriage between Renata and Eric XIV. The plan was...

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...

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)...