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  Royal Family of Europe - pafg160 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Nils Mansson NATT OCH DAG.Nils married Karin Göransdotter GYLLENSTIERNA in 1553 in Vårdnäs, Östergötlands län, Sweden.
Karin Göransdotter GYLLENSTIERNA.Karin married Nils Mansson NATT OCH DAG in 1553 in Vårdnäs, Östergötlands län, Sweden.
Nils NILSSON NATT OCH DAG was born in 1554.
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 The Crown of Eric XIV of Sweden (1560) - The Miniature Crown Jewels Collection @ SHOPPINGBOT-UK.INFO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Crown of Eric XIV of Sweden (1560) - 18.5
The Crown of Eric XIV of Sweden (1560)
Eric XIV was the eldest son and successor of Gustav Wasa, the founder of the Swedish Dynasty.
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 ERIC XIV. - LoveToKnow Article on ERIC XIV.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Two months later Eric was crowned at Upsala, on which occasion he first introduced the titles of baron and count into Sweden, by way of attaching to the crown the higher nobility, these new counts and barons receiving lucrative fiefs adequate to the maintenance of their new dignities.
Eric himself arrived at Upsala on the 16th in a condition of incipient insanity.
Eric at first offered a stout resistance and won two victories; but on the I 7th of September the dukes stood before Stockholm, and Eric, after surrendering Goran Persson to the horrible vengeance of, his enemies, himself submitted, and resigned the crown.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/ER/ERIC_XIV_.htm   (1068 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Charles IX of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Erik XIV of Sweden (December 13, 1533–February 26, 1577) was the son of Gustav I of Sweden and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg.
Princess Catherine of Sweden (Prinsessan Katarina) (November 10, 1584 – December 13, 1638) was the daughter of Charles IX of Sweden.
The heir to the throne was John's eldest son, Sigismund of Sweden, already king of Poland and a devoted Catholic.
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 AllRefer.com - Eric XIV (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Eric XIV 1533–77, king of Sweden (1560–68), son and successor of Gustavus I. To strengthen the power of the crown, he limited (1561) the privileges of the royal dukes.
Eric feared conspiracies among the nobles, many of whom were not reconciled to a strong hereditary monarchy.
Eric was deposed (1568) and died in prison.
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 Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees - pafg602 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Constantia ERIKSDOTTER (VASA) was born on 13 Jun 1560 in, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
Katarina JOHANSDOTTER (VASA) was born in 1472 in Sweden>.
Margareta JOHANSDOTTER (VASA) was born in 1472 in Sweden>.
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 Sweden - Eric XIV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Eric XIV was the son of and successor to Gustavus Vasa, the founder of the dynasty.
On its base Eric had lions carved in the enamel, representing his other kingdom of Norway, as well as leopards, the symbol of Denmark - a gesture prompted by his inability to forgive the Kings of Denmark for having retained their coat of arms the three crowns emblematic of Sweden.
Eric was deposed in 1569 and thrown into a dungeon where he consoled himself with music and the composition of psalms.
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 THE MODERN SWEDEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sweden’s original share of the spoil was and Reval, which, driven to extremities, placed itself beneath the protection of the Swedish crown in March 1561.
From the moment that Sweden got a firm footing in Estonia by the acquisition of Reval she was committed to a policy of combat and aggrandisement.
Sweden was also to enjoy her religion, subject to such changes as the Privy Council might make; but neither pope nor council was to claim or exercise the right of releasing Sigismund from his obligations to his Swedish subjects.
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 Talk:List of Swedish monarchs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eric XI of Sweden and Eric XII of Sweden is the same person.
One that says that Eric XI of Sweden and Eric XII are the same person and another version says that Eric XII is Erik Magnusson.
With Erics, there is a problem if a numeral is not used.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:List_of_Swedish_monarchs   (1846 words)

  
 Eric XIV of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Erik XIV (December 13, 1533 February 26, 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568.
He was also ruler of Estonia, after it gave itself under Sweden in 1561.
A document signed by his brother John III of Sweden and a nobleman, Bengt Bengtsson Gylta, gave Eric's watchmen in his last prison authorization to poison him if anyone tried to release him.
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 List of Swedish monarchs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As there is no evidence that Eric and Olof ever used the Yngling name themselves, modern historians instead refer to their family as the House of Munsö, the House of Ivar and Ragnar Lodbrok, the Old Dynasty or the House of Uppsala.
1130-1156 : Sverker I of Sweden (Sverker den äldre) - The House of Sverker
1560-1568 : Eric XIV of Sweden (Erik XIV)
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 brief history of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sweden, historical home of the Varangians (Norsemen), the eastern equivalent of the Vikings and founders of Kievan Rus, began to coalesce during the 10th century.
In 1319 Sweden and Norway were united under the Norwegian king Magnus VII, who in 1343 was forced to give up the throne in favor of his son Haakon VI, husband of Margaret of Denmark.
Gustavus's successor, his half brother Eric XIV (1560-1568), annexed part of Estonia with which began Sweden's long struggle to dominate the Baltic region.
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 List of Estonian rulers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is a list of the Governors of foreign states overseeing the territory of present day Estonia, from the time of the Danish occupation starting in 1219 to, but not including, the first period of Estonian independence starting in 1917.
House of Vasa Kings of Sweden and Poland (1587 - 1660)
1561-1568 : Eric XIV of Sweden (Erik XIV)
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 Royal Family of Europe - pafg157 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Eric died in prison on the 26th of August 1577 at Örbyhus castle.
Gustaf I ERIKSSON KING OF SWEDEN VASA [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 12 May 1495 in Of Lindholmen, Orkesta, Stockholm, Sweden.
Erik XIV GUSTAFSSON (VASA) KING OF SWEDEN was born on 13 Jul 1533.
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 Sigismund of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
King Sigismund of Sweden, Sigismund III of Poland-Lithuania, (June 20, 1566 - April 19, 1632), was the son of King John III of Sweden (1537-1592), of the House of Vasa, and his first wife Catherine Jagellonica of Poland (1526-1583).
Although Sweden was protestant, Sigismund was raised as a catholic.
Sigismund was restrained from ruling Sweden from abroad, but nevertheless returns to Poland, so in 1599 he was deposed.
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 Buells and their Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Children were: Margaretha Princess of Sweden, Birgitta Princess of Sweden, Desiree Princess of Sweden, Christina Louise Helen Princess, Charles XVI Gustav King of Sweden.
Children were: Eric XIV King of Sweden, John III (Johan) King of Sweden, Charles IX King of Sweden.
Gustav V King of Sweden was born on 16 Jun 1858 in Drottningholm, Sweden.
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 Buells and their Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Eric Bloodaxe King of Norway was born in 895.
Eric II Magnusson King of Norway was born in 1268.
Eric XIV King of Sweden was born in 1533.
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 John III of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
John III of Sweden or Johan III of the Royal House of Vasa, was the king of Sweden (1568-1592).
He was born on December 23, 1537 as the son of Gustav I of Sweden, and died on November 27, 1592.
In Sweden she is known as Katarina Jagellonica and she was the sister of king Sigismund II of Poland.
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 Eric XIV of Sweden -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Erik XIV of Sweden (December 13, 1533 – February 26, 1577) was the son of (Click link for more info and facts about Gustav I of Sweden) Gustav I of Sweden and (Click link for more info and facts about Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg) Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg.
He was (Click link for more info and facts about king of Sweden) king of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568.
He was also ruler of (A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea) Estonia, after it gave itself under Sweden in 1561.
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 Eric Rudolph Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
*Eric I of Denmark, Eric II of DenmarkII, Eric III of DenmarkIII, Eric IV of DenmarkIV, Eric V of DenmarkV, Eric VI of DenmarkVI, Eric VII of DenmarkVII,
*Erik and AlrikEric I of Sweden, Erik WeatherhatII, Erik BjörnssonIII, Erik RefilssonIV, Erik AnundssonV, Eric VI of SwedenVI, Eric VII of SwedenVII, Eric VIII of SwedenVIII, Eric IX of SwedenIX, Eric X of SwedenX, Eric XI of SwedenXI, Eric XII of SwedenXII, Eric XIII of SwedenXIII, Eric XIV of SwedenXIV
ERIC is moving forward with its modernization program, and has begun acquiring materials for addition to the database.
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 Lutenists at the Royal Court of King Gustavus I of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Benedictus dedicated his book to "Erico Gustavus Electo Regi Svecorum, Gothorum et Vandalorum", who in 1560 succeeded Gustavus I and was crowned Eric XIV of Sweden.
Between 1544 and 1547 he occurs regularly in the records and in 1545 his annual salary was 100 marks.
Sweden was heavily dependent on foreign musicians and it was quite natural to recruit some of them from Danzig, a town with a long tradition of trade relations with Sweden.
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 Sweden Travel Guide @ TravelNotes.org
Christian II, king of Denmark and Norway, was coronated in Stockholm, in 1520, to strengthen his position in Sweden.
Three years later Danish rule was overthrown, and Gustav I Vasa became king of Sweden, and Stockholm became the centre of his kingdom.
is the principal port of Sweden, being nearest to the North Sea.
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 CHARLES IX OF SWEDEN FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
By his father's will he got, by way of appanage, the Duchy of Södermanland, which included the provinces of Närke and Värmland; but he did not come into actual possession of them till after the fall of Eric_XIV_of_Sweden in 1569.
In 1568 he was the real leader of the rebellion against Eric, but took no part in the designs of his brother John_III_of_Sweden against the unhappy king after his deposition.
The heir to the throne was John's eldest son, Sigismund_of_Sweden, already king of Poland and a devoted Catholic.
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 Vasteras, Sweden, Pictures
Västerås, city in eastern Sweden, on an arm of Lake Mälaren, at the mouth of the Svart River (Svartån).
In 1527 the parliament produced the Västerås Recess, which introduced the Reformation to Sweden and placed the church under the control of Gustav I Vasa and the state.
In 1544 the hereditary law of accession to the throne was adopted in the city.
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 Eric XIV of Sweden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Eric XIV of Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Eric XIV of Sweden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Eric XIV of Sweden
Erik XIV of Sweden (December 13, 1533 - February 26, 1577), son of Gustav I of Sweden and Catherine of Saxony-Lauenburg[?], was king of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568.
Definition / meaning of Eric XIV of Sweden:
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 Timeline Sweden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
1523 Jun 6, [Gustav] Gustavus Vasa was elected Gustavus I of Sweden.
The Swedes declared Eric XIV unfit to reign and proclaimed John III king.
1924 Mar 15, Sweden recognized the U.S.S.R. 1927 Jan 30, Olof Palme, PM of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86), was born in Stockholm.
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 Eric XIV of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Erik XIV of Sweden (December 13, 1533 – February 26, 1577) was the son of Gustav I of Sweden and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg.
He was king of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568.
See also: History of Sweden - Foundation of Modern Sweden
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 Eric XIV
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 Heir Presumptive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden, who succeeded her brother King Charles XII of Sweden
King Charles X of Sweden, who succeeded his cousin Queen Christina of Sweden
King John III of Sweden, who succeeded his brother King Eric XIV of Sweden
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