Gustav I of Sweden (original) (raw)

Gustav Vasa
Reign From June 6, 1523 - until September 29, 1560 Regency from August, 1521.
Coronation January 12, 1528
Royal motto "Omnis potestas a Deo est"("All power is of God")
Queens Catherine of Saxony-LauenburgMargareta Leijonhufvud Katarina Stenbock
Royal House Vasa
Predecessor Christian II of Sweden
Successor Eric XIV of Sweden
Date of Birth Probably May 12, 1496
Place of Birth Lindesholm, Uplandia
Date of Death September 29, 1560
\'Place of Death' Stockholm, Sweden
Place of Burial Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala

Gustav I of Sweden, Gustav Vasa or Gustav Eriksson Vasa (1496-1560), became the king of Sweden in 1523 and he was the first monarch of the house of Vasa. He became the regent of Sweden in 1521 after leading the rebellion against the sitting monarch of the Kalmar Union. He also introduced Protestantism in Sweden.

Gustav's first wife was Catherine of Saxony-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg (1513-1535), whom he maried on September 24, 1531. They had the son:

  1. Eric XIV (1533-1577)

On October 1, 1536 he married his second wife Margareta Leijonhufvud (1514 - 1551). Their children were:

  1. John III (Johan III) (1537-1592)
  2. Katharina (1539-1610)
  3. Cecelia (1540-1627)
  4. Magnus (1542-1595)
  5. Carl (1544)
  6. Anna Maria (1545-1610)
  7. Sten (1546-1549)
  8. Sofia (1547-1611)
  9. Elisabeth (1549-1598)
  10. Charles IX (Carl IX) (1550-1611)

In 1535 he married his third wife Katarina Stenbock (1535-1621).