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Gustav I, King of Sweden 1496–1560 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 MAY 1496

Birth Location: Rydboholm Castle, Sweden

Death Date: 29 SEP 1560

Death Location: Tre Kronor, Stockholm, Sweden

Father: Erik Vasa

Mother: Cecilia Månsdotter

Spouse(s): Catherine Sweden, Margaret Leijonhufvud

Children(s): Eric Sweden, John Sweden, Catherine Vasa, Charles Sweden

In 1496, Gustav I, King of Sweden / entered the world in Rydboholm Castle, Sweden, born to Erik Johansson Vasa And Cecilia Mansdotter. Gustav I, King of Sweden married Catherine Of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Of Sweden, Margaret Leijonhufvud, and had children including Catherine Vasa, Charles Ix King Of Sweden, Eric Xiv King Of Sweden, John Iii King Of Sweden. Gustav I, King of Sweden / passed away in 1560 in Tre Kronor, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Biography

  • In 1496, Gustav I, King of Sweden // entered the world in Rydboholm Castle, Sweden, born to Erik Johansson Vasa And Cecilia Mansdotter.
  • Gustav I, King of Sweden // married Catherine Of Saxe Lauenburg Queen Consort Of Sweden, Margaret Leijonhufvud, and had children including Catherine Vasa, Charles Ix King Of Sweden, Eric Xiv King Of Sweden, John Iii King Of Sweden.
  • Gustav I, King of Sweden // passed away in 1560 in Tre Kronor, Stockholm, Sweden.

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Gustav Sweden's Ancestors

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Gustav Sweden
1496–1560
Birth Place: Rydboholm Castle, Sweden
Parents
Erik Johansson Vasa
1470–1520
Orby, Sweden
Cecilia Månsdotter
1475–1523
Eka
Grandparents
Sigrid (Eskilsdotter) (Banér)
–1528
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Gustav Sweden's Descendants

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Gustav (I, King of) Sweden (12 MAY 1496–29 SEP 1560) m. Catherine (of Saxe-Lauenburg Queen consort of) Sweden (24 Sep 1513–23 Sep 1535) m. Margaret Leijonhufvud (01 JAN 1516–26 AUG 1551)
  1. 1. Eric (XIV King of) Sweden 1533–1577
  2. 2. John (III, King of) Sweden 1537–1592 m. Catherine (Jagiellon Queen consort of) Sweden 1526–1583
    1. 1. Sigismund (III Vasa, King of Sweden, King of Poland, Grand Duke of) Lithuania 1566–1632 m. Anne (of Austria, Queen of) Poland 1573–1598 m. Constance (of Austria, Queen consort of) Poland 1588–1631
  3. 3. Catherine Vasa 1539–1610 m. Edzard (II, Count of East) Frisia 1532–1599
    1. 1. Enno (III, Count of East) Frisia 1563–1625 m. Anna (of) Holstein-Gottorp 1575–1610
      1. 1. Anna (Maria of) Ostfriesland 1601–1634 m. Adolf (Frederick I, Duke of) Mecklenburg 1588–1658
        1. 1. Anna (Maria of) Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1627–1669 m. Augustus, (Duke of) Saxe-Weissenfels 1614–1680
  4. 4. Charles (IX, King of) Sweden 1550–1611 m. Maria (of the) Palatinate-Simmern 1561–1589
    1. 1. Catherine (of Sweden, Countess Palatine of) Kleeburg 1584–1638 m. John (Casimir Count Palatine of) Kleeburg 1589–1652
      1. 1. Christina (Magdalena of the) Palatinate-Zweibrücken 1616–1662 m. Frederick (VI, Margrave of) Baden-Durlach 1617–1677
        1. 1. Frederick (VII, Margrave of) Baden-Durlach 1647–1709
      2. 2. Charles (X Gustav, King of) Sweden 1622–1660 m. Hedvig (Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of) Sweden 1636–1715
        1. 1. Charles (XI, King of) Sweden 1655–1697 m. Ulrika (Eleonora of Denmark, Queen of) Sweden 1656–1693

Gustav Sweden's Timeline

2 Records

1496
12 MAY 1496
Birth of Gustav I, King of Sweden // in Rydboholm Castle, Sweden
Rydboholm Castle, Sweden
1560
29 SEP 1560
Age 64
Death of Gustav I, King of Sweden // in Tre Kronor, Stockholm, Sweden
Tre Kronor, Stockholm, Sweden

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 MAY 1496
    Event Place: Rydboholm Castle, Sweden

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 SEP 1560
    Event Place: Tre Kronor, Stockholm, Sweden

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