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King of Sweden Erik XIV Gustavsson Vasa

Swedish: Kung Erik XIV Gustafsson Vasa, Finnish: Kuningas Erik XIV Kustaanpoika
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stockholms slott, Stockholm, Uppland, Sverige (Sweden)
Death: February 26, 1577 (43)
Örbyhus slott, Vendel, Uppland, Sverige (Sweden) (Poisoned with arsenic mixed in his pea soup)
Place of Burial: Västerås, Vastmanland, Sweden
Immediate Family:

Son of King of Sweden Gustaf Eriksson Vasa and Queen of Sweden Catharina Hertiginna von Sachsen-Lauenburg
Husband of Queen Consort of Sweden Catherine Magnusdotter
Partner of Agda Persdotter
Ex-partner of Anna Larsdotter
Father of Birger Eriksson; Adam Eriksson; Margareta Eriksdotter; Virginia Eriksdotter Vasa; Constantia Eriksdotter Vasa and 5 others
Brother of NN
Half brother of John III, king of Sweden; Catherine Vasa; Cecilia Gustavsdotter Vasa, Prinsessa; Prince Magnus Gustafsson Vasa, Prince, Duke of Östergötland; Gustaf, Prins av Sverige and 6 others

Occupation: Kung av Sverige 1560-1568, Konunmg av Sverige, kung, Kuningas, Sveriges kung, Hertig av Kalmar, Kronobergs län och Öland, Kung 1560 -1568, Kung av Sverige 1560-68
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About Erik XIV, King of Sweden

Erik XIV, King of Sweden

  • Son of King of Sweden Gustav I Eriksson Vasa and Katarina Askanier, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen Consort of Sweden
  • Birth: December 13, 1533 in Stockholms slott, Stockholm, Sverige
  • Erik XIV born December 13, 1533 in Stockholm, † 1577-02-26 at Örbyhus Castle.
  • King in Sweden 1560-68. Been 43 years.
  • Erik XIV Vasa de Suède.svg, Royal Coat of Arms
  • Enrico XIV di svezia, 2 daler del 1561 (pezzo unico) e 1 daler (rovescio)
  • Death: 1577-02-26 Örbyhus Castle, Uppland 2) In the book Lars-Olof Larsson - The inheritance of Gustav Vasa, the death time is "no hour after midnight on February 26". The source of Bo Eriksson - In the shadow of the throne, biography of Per Brahe d is the date of death to February 24th.
  • Buried: Västerås Cathedral, Västerås, Vastmanland, Sverige
  • Tomb of Eric XIV of Sweden

SWEDEN, KINGS, from Projects MedLands

  • 1. ERIK King of Sweden (Stockholm 13 Dec 1533-poisoned Örbyhus 26 Feb 1577). He succeeded his father in 1560 as ERIK XIV King of Sweden. He was deposed in 1569. married (4 Jul 1568) KARIN Mansdotter, daughter of --- (6 Nov 1550- Liuksala, Finland 13 Sep 1612).

King Erik XIV & his wife KARIN Mansdotter had four children:

  • a) SIGRID (15 Oct 1566-24 Apr 1633). married firstly (1597) HENRIK Tott till Sjundley, son of --- (-[1600/01]). married secondly (1609) NILS Nilsson till Bro [Natt och Dag], son of --- (-18 Apr 1613).
  • b) GUSTAF (28 Jan 1568-Kaschin, Russia 22 Feb 1607).
  • c) HENRIK (24 Jan 1570-1574).
  • d) ARNOLD (1 Nov 1572-1573).

King Erik XIV had four illegitimate children by unknown mistresses:

  • e) VIRGINIA (1559-1633). married (1585/6) HAKON Knutsson Hand, son of --- (-1595/6).
  • f) CONSTANTIA (1560-1649). married ([1594]) HENRIK Frankelin, son of --- (-1610).
  • g) LUCRETIA (1564-). married --- Zelow, son of ?
  • h) MARGARETA- (1618). married (1592) OLAVIUS Simonis, son of --- (-1639).

Extramarital Relationship with Agda Persdotter

Agda Persdotter, daughter of the wealthy Stockholm citizen with Finnish descent Per Clementsson, † circa 1575 also called Peder in the gate (S: t Nicolai gatekeeper's house in Storkyrkobrinken).

What is known about her is that she was very beautiful and therefore bore the nickname Charitas. According to documents in private ownership, Agda is said to have owned a painful and beautiful plant with fine oval face, large deep blue eyes and light brown hair. Daughter of the wealthy Stockholm citizen with Finnish descent Per Clementsson, † circa 1575 also called Peder in the gate (S: t Nicolai gatekeeper's house in Storkyrkobrinken). Agda broke with the king and later married Joakim Fleming, † 1573. After his death Agda resumed the relationship with the king and then the daughter Lucretia was born. Then she married a second time, then with the commander at Stegeborg Christoffer Olofsson Stråle, † 1585. Her son Johan Christoffersson Stråle, † 1640 and is buried in Skänninge church.

Children with various mistresses:

  • Virginia Eriksdotter Vaasa, born 1559-01-01 at Kalmar Castle, † 1633. In 1566 she became king of his father King Erik XIV, the incidents of jealousy for Russian Grand Prince Ivan Ivanovich. Obtained 1585-05-07 by King Johan III six farms in Västergötland and 1589-04-14 by Duke Carl five homes in Vadsbo here. Married around 1586 with the steward at Kronoberg's castle Håkan Knutsson Hand
  • Constantia Eriksdotter Vasa, born 1560-06-13, † 1649-01-24 Odensfors and buried along with her husband in Undenäs old church. Received in the donation church ceremony of two parishes in Boberg's homestead, as well as Bocksjö, a mantal farm, by Duke Karl's letter. Owned together with her husband Ramsnäs farm in Finnerödja sn. Married to the Chief of Police in Hanekind's ward Henrik Frankelin.
  • Lucretia Eriksdotter Vasa, born 1564-01-04, † 1572
  • Margareta Eriksdotter (1618). married (1592) OLAVIUS Simonis, son of --- (-1639).
  • Source- The Royal Family Vasa

Married

  • Married 1568-07-04 Karin Månsdotter, daughter of the soldier Måns Månsson. Married on 1567-07-13 Stockholm, Wedding: 1568-07-04 Stockholm, Stockholm's Storkyrka 4) Double wedding: At the same time Erik and Karin married Eriks half sister Sofia with Magnus.

Children with Karin Månsdotter

  • Sigrid Vasa, born 1566-10-16 at Svartsjö Castle in Sånga parish, † 1633-04-24 Liuksiala. Married 1: o 1597 with the Castle Act at Turku Castle Henrik Claësson Tott. Married 2: o 1609-09-10 at Stockholm Castle with the headmaster Nils Nilsson Natt and Dag.
  • Gustav Eriksson Vasa, born 1568, † 1607.
  • Henrik Eriksson Vasa, born 1570, † 1574.
  • Arnold Eriksson Vasa, born and † 1572.

Source Adelsvapen Genealogies

History

Erik XIV 1533-77, Swedish King 1560-68, son of Gustav Vasa and Katarina of Saxony-Lauenburg.

Through Arboga's articles in 1561, Erik strengthened the National Assembly and acquired, through the establishment of a Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of the King (High Council), with Jöran Persson in the lead, a tool for his personal power. He began the expansive Swedish Baltic Sea policy through the acquisition of Estonia in 1561 and came to war with Denmark and Lübeck in 1563, under which he proved to possess military organizational capacity.

The domestic policy tightening led to conflict with the brother Johan and the High Court. Erik's illusory suspicion and fierceness led to Sturemorden in 1567. When he married Karin Månsdotter that same year, the nobility made the dukes upside down. In July 1567 he left Karin Månsdotter in the presence of councilors. rumors were that he had forced the Archbishop Laurentius Petri to carry out the wedding ceremony.

Erik was deprived of the crown and was then detained at various castles in Sweden and Finland until he was probably murdered at the castle of Örbyhus at the command of Johan III.

Erik was richly talented, had versatile interests and stood at the height of his formation. He had extensive foreign policy plans that worried the less imaginative father; Here, the idea of ​​freeing Queen Elisabeth I. Erik was actually released to her before she became queen and was divorced and supervised by her suspicious half-sister, "Bloody Mary." Brother Johan had to make a preparatory free trip for Erik's account in 1559 to the newly-elected Queen Elizabeth, and in England he was greatly admired for his form-fitting Latin. But the apostasy to Elizabeth was rejected.

Erik had a number of lovers: Agda Persdotter, Anna Larsdotter, Karin Jakobsdotter, Karin Pedersdotter, Britta and Ingrid; all of them mentioned until 1565 and these women had some sort of semi-functional position in the vicinity of Eriks. From 1565 it was Karin Månsdotter, who became Erik's mistress and later also a wife.

The Swedish tradition of eating crayfish was introduced by Erik XIV - he was very fond of crayfish and cultivated them in the moat around Kalmar Castle. When his sister Anna was married, he ordered the fiancé at Nyköping's castle to procure a large amount of crayfish for the wedding. Until the 19th century there were a large amount of crayfish in Swedish waters, but the rural population did not think they were human food. By contrast, the medieval monks abound with crayfishes, especially during the fasting. Cancer was counted as fish, which they were allowed to eat.

According to an expert, an opening in 1958 by Erik XIV's grave did not provide proof that the arsenic found was the result of a poisoning. Another expert's conclusion was that "the whole finding thus fully supports the assumption that Erik XIV has been poisoned with arsenic."
(Source: Focus 98 and Ingvar Andersson - Erik XIV)

Archaeologists Reveal New Finds from Legendary Swedish Warship

The Mars warship also known as the Makalös (Peerless), which was constructed between 1563 and 1564 was carrying hundreds of soldiers when it exploded in the Baltic Sea in 1564 during the Northern Seven Years’ War.

Cannons, hand grenades, and up to a thousand soldiers were on board the large Swedish warship when it exploded in the Baltic Sea, 454 years ago.

The ship, known as Mars, belonged to the Swedish navy and was one of Northern Europe’s largest and most feared naval vessels used in the Northern Seven Years’ War.

The remains were discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in 2011, near to the Swedish island of Öland.

The latest discoveries from the wreckage were revealed during a press conference in Öland.

“This year, we have come closer to the people aboard. We found more skeletal parts, including a femur with trauma around the knee which we believe to stem from a sharp-edged weapon,” says maritime archaeologist Rolf Fabricius Warming, who is one of the researchers involved in the investigation.

“We also found large guns and a hand grenade. We can see from the wreckage that it was a very intense and tough battle. Between 800 and 1,000 men were on board. That is comparable to the population of an entire medium-sized town at the time. Most of them died in the explosion or when the ship sank into the watery depths,” he says.

Read More: Researchers discover remains of sunken Swedish warship

The ship contained silver treasure
Researchers had previously discovered silver treasure among the Mars wreckage. This time, one of the most spectacular finds was a large grapnel (grappling hook) an anchor-like hook, which hung from the bowsprits of warships and was used to cling onto another ships in order to board it.

Grapnels are illustrated in historical sources from the 16th century, but no actual surviving examples are known apart from this particular one, says Warming.

“It’s totally unique. Together with other exciting finds, it can shed new light on Medieval and Early Modern naval warfare. ,” he says, and adds that the divers also found remains of possible arms and armour, including helmets and swords.

Read More: The Viking’s grave and the sunken ship

Danish and Lübeckian soldiers were on board Mars sunk due to a gunpowder explosion at the front of the ship. But shortly before, it had been under attack by Danish and Lübeckian warships according to written sources.

“Soldiers fought with hand grenades, lances, and spears, which they threw down from the masts. The fighting was structured and carefully calculated but an absolute ruckus” says Warming.

Danish soldiers, allied with soldiers from Lübeck, managed to defeat the Swedish crew and capture the warship. When the ship exploded and sank, it had three to four hundred Dano-Lübeckian soldiers aboard.

A Swedish change of tactics

The new examination of the Mars shipwreck provides new insights into the events that took place between Denmark and Sweden during the Northern Seven Years’ War between 1563 and 1570.

They have documented a change in Swedish tactics from a focus on close quarter combat to long distance fighting, as indicated by large cannons up to 4.8 metres long.

Despite the large cannons, the Swedish crew did not manage to avoid engaging in close quarter combat with their enemies. The soldiers aboard were positioned underneath a net that covered the deck and was designed to prevent the enemy from jumping on board – a so-called anti-boarding net.

“We know about the use of anti-boarding nets in this battle from richly detailed written sources. The Swedish Admiral, Jacob Bagge, describes in his own account of the battle how he was injured in the shoulder by a javelin thrown from one of the fighting tops of the enemy ships. t. We are told he became furious and began shooting at those who had injured him with arquebuses so that they fell into the net below,” says Warming.

Read More: Medieval shipwreck hints at psychological warfare

A snapshot of a moment in time

Until 2011, historians relied on written sources for information about what happened to Mars, including letters from the Danish admiral Herluf Trolle and the Swedish admiral Jacob Bagge, and official royal documents.

But the shipwreck provides an entirely different type of documentation.

“There’s some ‘fake news’ in the written sources. Many people wanted to claim the honour of defeating the Mars for various political reasons. But when we study the wreckage itself we see a large congruency between the wreck site and the historical sources. One of the most striking observations was that it really was sunk by a large explosion. It was so violent that the front of the ship lies 40 metres away from the other remains,” says Warming.

For maritime archaeologist Mikkel Thomsen from the Viking Ship Museum, Denmark, looking at the well preserved, and complete remains captures a snapshot of a moment in time.

“You really feel that you’re in the killing fields,” says Thomsen, who was not involved in the study.

“The wreckage gives a snapshot of a piece of military and political history. It’s also an international history as the Seven Years’ War was fought across national boundaries,” he says.

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Om Konung Erik XIV av Sverige (svenska)

Erik XIV, King of Sweden

Erik XIV, född 13 december 1533 på Tre Kronor, död 26 februari 1577 på Örbyhus slott, var Sveriges kung mellan 1560 och 1568. Som kung tog han norra Estland under sitt beskydd och inledde det förödande nordiska sjuårskriget med Danmark. En period av galenskap inleddes med Sturemorden, och även om han senare tillfrisknade bidrog detta till att han avsattes och efterträddes av sin bror Johan III, som först höll honom fången men till slut troligen beordrade att han skulle dödas genom förgiftning.

Erik XIV var son till Gustav Vasa och Katarina av Sachsen-Lauenburg. Han härstammade genom sin mor från såväl Erikska ätten som folkungaätten. Katarina av Sachsen-Lauenburg härstammade från Ingeborg Birgersdotter, dotter till Birger jarl och prinsessan Ingeborg Eriksdotter av Sverige, som år 1270 gift sig med hertig Johan I av Sachsen-Lauenburg.

Erik var vidare halvbror till Johan III och Karl IX samt farbror till Sigismund och Gustav II Adolf. Han gifte sig i juli 1567 med Karin Månsdotter (1550–1612). Erik XIV var inspirerad av Johannes Magnus verk om Sveriges historia som innehöll en lång rad påhittade kungar med namnen Erik och Karl. Erik XIV accepterade detta som historisk sanning och antog det höga talet XIV som sitt regentnummer för att visa vilken lång och ärorik historia Sverige hade. Hans bror Karl IX gjorde det samma när han blev kung.

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Erik XIV Vasa (Gustavsson)

King in Sweden 1560-68. Been 43 years.

Father: Gustav Vasa (Eriksson) (1496 - 1560)
Mother: Katarina of Saxony-Lauenburg (1513 - 1535) Born: 1533-12-13 Stockholm, Stockholm Castle 1) Death: 1577-02-26 Örbyhus Castle, Uppland 2) In the book Lars-Olof Larsson - The inheritance of Gustav Vasa, the death time is "no hour after midnight on February 26". The source of Bo Eriksson - In the shadow of the throne, biography of Per Brahe d is the date of death to February 24th. Buried: Västerås, Västerås cathedral, Västmanland 1)

Child with Agda Persdotter

Extramarital Relationship:

Children:

Virginia Vasa (Eriksdotter) (1559 - 1633)

Constantia Vasa (Eriksdotter) (1560 - 1649)

Children with?

Children:

Lucretia Vasa (Eriksdotter) (1564 -)

Margareta Vasa (Eriksdotter) (- 1618)

Marriage with Karin (Katarina) Månsdotter (1550 - 1612)

Wedding: 1567-07-13 Stockholm 3)

Wedding: 1568-07-04 Stockholm, Stockholm's Storkyrka 4) Double wedding: At the same time Erik and Karin married Eriks half sister Sofia with Magnus.

Children:

Sigrid Vasa (Eriksdotter) (1566 - 1633)

Gustaf Vasa (Eriksson) (1568 - 1607)

Henrik Vasa (Eriksson) (1570 - 1574)

Arnold Vasa (Eriksson) (1572 - 1572)

Sambo with Karin (Kajsa) Jakobsdotter

Notes

Erik XIV 1533-77, Swedish King 1560-68, son of Gustav Vasa and Katarina of Saxony-Lauenburg.

Through Arboga's articles in 1561, Erik strengthened the National Assembly and acquired, through the establishment of a Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of the King (High Council), with Jöran Persson in the lead, a tool for his personal power. He began the expansive Swedish Baltic Sea policy through the acquisition of Estonia in 1561 and came to war with Denmark and Lübeck in 1563, under which he proved to possess military organizational capacity.

The domestic policy tightening led to conflict with the brother Johan and the High Court. Erik's illusory suspicion and fierceness led to Sturemorden in 1567. When he married Karin Månsdotter that same year, the nobility made the dukes upside down. In July 1567 he left Karin Månsdotter in the presence of councilors. rumors were that he had forced the Archbishop Laurentius Petri to carry out the wedding ceremony.

Erik was deprived of the crown and was then detained at various castles in Sweden and Finland until he was probably murdered at the castle of Örbyhus at the command of Johan III.

Erik was richly talented, had versatile interests and stood at the height of his formation. He had extensive foreign policy plans that worried the less imaginative father; Here, the idea of ​​freeing Queen Elisabeth I. Erik was actually released to her before she became queen and was divorced and supervised by her suspicious half-sister, "Bloody Mary." Brother Johan had to make a preparatory free trip for Erik's account in 1559 to the newly-elected Queen Elizabeth, and in England he was greatly admired for his form-fitting Latin. But the apostasy to Elizabeth was rejected.

Erik had a number of lovers: Agda Persdotter, Anna Larsdotter, Karin Jakobsdotter, Karin Pedersdotter, Britta and Ingrid; all of them mentioned until 1565 and these women had some sort of semi-functional position in the vicinity of Eriks. From 1565 it was Karin Månsdotter, who became Erik's mistress and later also a wife.

The Swedish tradition of eating crayfish was introduced by Erik XIV - he was very fond of crayfish and cultivated them in the moat around Kalmar Castle. When his sister Anna was married, he ordered the fiancé at Nyköping's castle to procure a large amount of crayfish for the wedding. Until the 19th century there were a large amount of crayfish in Swedish waters, but the rural population did not think they were human food. By contrast, the medieval monks abound with crayfishes, especially during the fasting. Cancer was counted as fish, which they were allowed to eat.

According to an expert, an opening in 1958 by Erik XIV's grave did not provide proof that the arsenic found was the result of a poisoning. Another expert's conclusion was that "the whole finding thus fully supports the assumption that Erik XIV has been poisoned with arsenic." (Source: Focus 98 and Ingvar Andersson - Erik XIV)

Sources

1) Ingvar Andersson - Erik XIV

	  2)	Lars Ericson - Johan III
	  3)	Lars-Olof Larsson - The inheritance of Gustav Vasa
	  4)	Lars-Olof Larsson - Gustav Vasa - National father or tyrant?

==Links:==

Predecessor: Gustav I Successor: John(Johan) III

'Gustafsson-Vasa, Erik XIV' »- http://www.igen.se/farmor/index.htm?/farmor/010/00/066.htm

'La genealogia delle case piu illustri di tutto il mondo' - https://books.google.fi/books?id=H5jPqbFL81wC&pg=PA180&lpg=PA180&dq=Sua+Moglie+Caterina+figlia+d%27un+Trabante&source=bl&ots=dfShXmf1Gs&sig=c2yz4xEuTiyOHngOXweIoMvmnmk&hl=fi&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj9g9nH6NzPAhXmA5oKHRSpCTYQ6AEIIjAA#v=onepage&q=Sua%20Moglie%20Caterina%20figlia%20d'un%20Trabante&f=false

'THE STURE MURDERS' - https://stravaganzastravaganza.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-sture-murde...

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Erik XIV, King of Sweden's Timeline

1533
December 13, 1533
Stockholms slott, Stockholm, Uppland, Sverige (Sweden)
1555
1555
1555
1559
January 1, 1559
Kalmar Castle, Kalmar, Kalmar County, Småland, Sweden
1560
June 14, 1560
Stockholms Slott, Sverige (Sweden)
1560
- 1568
Age 26
1560
- 1568
Age 26
1564
January 4, 1564
Färentuna (C)