Gustav I of Sweden - Family

Family

Gustav's first wife was Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513–1535), whom he married on 24 September 1531. They had a son:

  • Eric XIV (1533–1577), Duke of Kalmar

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

  • John III (Johan III) (1537–1592), Duke of Finland
  • Katarina (1539–1610), wife of Edzard II, Count of Ostfriesland. A grandmother of Anna Maria of Ostfriesland (and thereby an ancestor of Queen Victoria) and great-grandmother of Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
  • Cecilia (1540–1627), wife of Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern
  • Magnus (1542–1595), Duke of Östergötland
  • Carl (1544)
  • Anna Maria (1545–1610), wife of George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz
  • Sten (1546–1547)
  • Sofia (1547–1611), wife of Duke Magnus II of Saxe-Lauenburg
  • Elisabet (1549–1598), wife of Christopher, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch
  • Charles IX (Carl IX) (1550–1611), Duke of Södermanland

At Vadstena Castle on 22 August 1552 he married his third wife, Katarina Stenbock (1535–1621).

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