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Catherine Jagiellon (Polish: Katarzyna Jagiellonka; Swedish: Katarina Jagellonica, Lithuanian: Kotryna Jogailaitė; 1 November 1526 – 16 September 1583) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth princess and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III. Catherine had significant influence over state affairs during the reign of her spouse.
Catherine Jagiellon was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth princess and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III. Catherine had significant influence over state affairs during the reign of her spouse. She negotiated with the pope to introduce Counter-Reformation in Sweden.
Jul 17, 2018 · Catherine Jagiellon (1526–83), was a Catholic Polish-Lithuanian princess married to a Lutheran Swedish Prince, John Vasa, Duke of Finland and later King of Sweden. Her case provides important insights into the impact of confessional differences within a royal...
- Susanna Niiranen
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- 2018
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Catherine Jagiellon, wife of John III of Sweden, was 11 years older than her husband, having remained unmarried into her thirties. She bore her children at ages 38, 40 and 42. Jagiello himself was born to a father already in his fifties or sixties.
1526-11-01 — 1583-09-16. Queen of Sweden. Katarina Jagellonica (Catherine Jagiellon) was a Polish-Lithuanian princess who married the Swedish king Johan III. She is sometimes viewed as the only true Renaissance queen of Sweden.
The Jagiellonian (US: / ˌ j ɑː ɡ j ə ˈ l oʊ n i ə n / YAH-gyə-LOH-nee-ən) or Jagellonian dynasty (US: / ˌ j ɑː ɡ ə ˈ-/ YAH-gə-; Lithuanian: Jogailaičių dinastija; Polish: dynastia jagiellońska), otherwise the Jagiellon dynasty (Polish: dynastia Jagiellonów), the House of Jagiellon (Polish: Dom Jagiellonów), or simply the ...
Dec 14, 2022 · This special issue of Scando-Slavica is devoted to the Polish-Lithuanian-Swedish-Finnish heritage relating to the Jagiellonian dynasty, and for obvious reasons revolves around the person of Queen Catherine Jagiellon (Polish: Katarzyna Jagiellonka, Lithuanian: Kotryna Jogailaitė, Swedish: Katarina Jagellonica, Finnish: Katariina Jagellonica; 1 ...
