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On 4 October 1562, Catherine was married in the Lower Castle of Vilnius, Lithuania, to Duke John of Finland, the second son of Gustav I and half-brother of the then-reigning King Eric XIV. John had not received his brother's permission for the marriage and there were already tensions between them since John pursued an independent foreign policy.
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. She was the mother of Sigismund, King of Poland (1587-1632) and Sweden (1592-1599).
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Sigismund II's heirs were his sisters Anna Jagiellon and Catherine Jagiellon. The latter had married Duke John (a son of King Gustav I ), who thereby from 1569 became King John III of Sweden , and they had a son, Sigismund III Vasa ; as a result, the Polish branch of the Jagiellonians merged with the House of Vasa , which ruled Poland from 1587 ...
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. Her political contacts, cultural interests, and her religious convictions all played an important role in Swedish history, with regard to both domestic and ...
Jul 23, 2021 · Hedwig Jagiellon (1513 – 1573), married Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, had six children Anna (1515 – 1520), died in childhood Katarina was raised with her sisters Sophia and Anna.
Jul 17, 2018 · Abstract. 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 marriage of the sixteenth century and their consequences for counsel.
Sometimes, women of this dynasty married only when relatively old. 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.
