John III (Sweden)
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3rd King of the Vassa Dynasty of Sweden John III Johan III | |
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birth | |
sweden stejeborg castle | |
Dead | 1592 November 17 (age 54) |
Reign | |
spouse | Katajina Jagielonka[2] (married 1562 / died 1583) |
Gunilla Bielke (married 1585) | |
children | Isabella, Sigismund III Vasa , Anna, Johann, Sophia[3] (bastard) |
father | |
mother | |
sibling | Catherine, Cecilia, Magnus, Anna, Sophia, Elizabeth, Carl IX |
religion | |
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1. outline
He dethroned his half-brother Eric XIV and ascended the throne, and in his later years attempted to revive Catholicism , driving Sweden to ruin again.
2. career
Second son of Gustav I Vasa, born in Finland in 1557.[4] He was installed as a duke .
The half-brothers had a good relationship when their father was alive, but they had a falling out after the coronation of Eric XIV. After receiving the Southwest Suomi region as a fief, he pursued an independent foreign policy and married Katazina Jagiellonka, the sister of King of Poland and Grand Duke Sigismund II August of Lithuania. Erik
1570 Holy Roman Emperor With the mediation of Maximilian II, the Treaty of Stettin was concluded, putting an end to the conflict with Denmark . In the ongoing Livonian War with the Rus Tsar , Pontus de la Gardie (1520-1585)[5] dispatched to Kexholm[6] and conquered Izora .
In his later years, he put forward his son Sigismund as a candidate for the Polish throne and installed him as the ruler of Poland-Lithuania, and attempted to revive Catholicism , but was blocked by his younger brother, Duke Karl. As his own religious views were not accepted, he died of a vase in 1592.
The half-brothers had a good relationship when their father was alive, but they had a falling out after the coronation of Eric XIV. After receiving the Southwest Suomi region as a fief, he pursued an independent foreign policy and married Katazina Jagiellonka, the sister of King of Poland and Grand Duke Sigismund II August of Lithuania. Erik
1570 Holy Roman Emperor With the mediation of Maximilian II, the Treaty of Stettin was concluded, putting an end to the conflict with Denmark . In the ongoing Livonian War with the Rus Tsar , Pontus de la Gardie (1520-1585)[5] dispatched to Kexholm[6] and conquered Izora .
In his later years, he put forward his son Sigismund as a candidate for the Polish throne and installed him as the ruler of Poland-Lithuania, and attempted to revive Catholicism , but was blocked by his younger brother, Duke Karl. As his own religious views were not accepted, he died of a vase in 1592.
3. ancestry
3.1. Ancestor
me | parents | grandparents | great grandparents |
John III (Johan III) | Eric Johansson Vasa (Erik Johansson Vasa) | ||
Johann Christianson Vasa (Johan Kristiernsson Vasa) | |||
Birgitta Gustavsdotter Sture (Birgitta Gustafsdotter Sture) | |||
Cecilia Monsdoter Eka (Cecilia Månsdotter Eka) | |||
Mons Karlsson Eka (Måns Karlsson Eka) | |||
Sigrid Eskilsdoter Baner (Sigrid Eskilsdotter Banér) | |||
Eric Abrahamsson Rayonhubud (Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud) | |||
Abraham Kristiernsson Rayjonhubud (Abraham Kristiernsson Leijonhuvud) | |||
Birgitta Monsdoter Nat Oc Dag (Birgitta Månsdotter Natt och Dag) | |||
Eva Eriksdotter Vasa (Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa) | |||
Erik Karlsson Vasa (Erik Karlsson Vasa) | |||
Anna Karlsdotter Vinstorpa (Anna Karlsdotter Vinstorpa) |
3.2. children
children | name | birth | Dead | Spouse/Child |
1 daughter | Isabella (Isabella) | |||
1 boy | ||||
2 daughters | Anna (Anna) | |||
Gunilla Bielke (Gunilla Bielke, married in 1585) | ||||
2 boys | John (Johan) | Maria Elisabeth of Sweden[11] | ||
4. etc
- He was the first Swedish king to be called Archduke of Finland (Storfurste av Finland).
- Due to his contemplative and introverted personality, he was once told by his father , Gustav I Vasa, not to spend too much time alone as he 'might fall into depression and bad thoughts .'
[1] The predecessor of the current Stockholm Palace .[2] The youngest daughter of Sigismund I and Bona Sforza of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania .[3] Marries Pontus de la Gardi, described below.[4] Limited to Southwest Suomi area (Varsinais-Suomi/Egentliga Finland) centered on Åbo .[5] He married Sophia, the illegitimate daughter of John III.[6] Käkisalmi in Finnish . Priozersk (Приозе́рск) in present-day Russia as an area lost to the Soviet Union by Finland during the Winter War .[7] Eldest daughter of Archduke Charles II of Austria .[8] Władysław IV Vasa, etc.[9] Seventh daughter of Archduke Charles II of Austria .[10] Jan II Kazimierz Vasa, etc.[11] She is the daughter of her uncle Karl IX and her biological cousin . There are no biological children, but there is one illegitimate child.
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