Swedish princess. She was originally Princess of Sweden in the Vasa Dynasty as the fourth daughter of King Gustav I and Queen Margaret. When married after 1568, as the consort of a German duke, she also was Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg. Theirs was a double wedding with that of her half-brother King Eric XIV to his mistress, which caused him to lose his throne a year later. Her husband has been described as a raw and uncouth cad who caused trouble all over. When he had been behind bars in Sweden for a time and went to leave for home, she refused to go with him. Her only surviving son also stayed and they lived under less-than-luxurious circumstances in a palace west of Stockholm. After he was killed in a firearms accident in 1597 and her husband died in a German prison in 1603, she lived on for another eight years and left a substantial amount of the interesting correspondence she had had with her siblings, which is now in the National Archives of Sweden.
Swedish princess. She was originally Princess of Sweden in the Vasa Dynasty as the fourth daughter of King Gustav I and Queen Margaret. When married after 1568, as the consort of a German duke, she also was Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg. Theirs was a double wedding with that of her half-brother King Eric XIV to his mistress, which caused him to lose his throne a year later. Her husband has been described as a raw and uncouth cad who caused trouble all over. When he had been behind bars in Sweden for a time and went to leave for home, she refused to go with him. Her only surviving son also stayed and they lived under less-than-luxurious circumstances in a palace west of Stockholm. After he was killed in a firearms accident in 1597 and her husband died in a German prison in 1603, she lived on for another eight years and left a substantial amount of the interesting correspondence she had had with her siblings, which is now in the National Archives of Sweden.
Bio by: Count Demitz
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