Gustav Vasa

Gustav Vasa
Gustav Vasa
	Portrait by Jakob Binck, 1542
King of Sweden
Reign	6 June 1523 – 29 September 1560
Coronation	12 January 1528
Predecessor	Christian II
Successor	Eric XIV
Born	Gustav Eriksson; 12 May 1496; Rydboholm Castle, Uppland or; Lindholmen, Uppland, Sweden
Died	29 September 1560 (aged 64); Tre Kronor, Stockholm, Sweden
Burial	21 December 1560; Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala, Sweden
Spouses	; Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (m. 1531; died 1535) ; Margaret Leijonhufvud (m. 1536; died 1551) ; Catherine Stenbock (m. 1552)
Issue	Eric XIV; John III; Catherine, Countess of East Frisia; Cecilia, Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern; Prince Magnus, Duke of Östergötland; Anna Maria, Countess Palatine of Veldenz; Sophia, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg; Elizabeth, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch; Charles IX;
House	Vasa
Father	Erik Johansson Vasa
Mother	Cecilia Månsdotter
Religion	Lutheran (1523–1560); prev. Catholic (1496–1523)
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Gustav I (born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family;^[1] 12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), commonly known as Gustav Vasa, was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560,^[2] previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm (Riksföreståndare) from 1521, during the ongoing Swedish War of Liberation against King Christian II of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Gustav rose to lead the Swedish War of Liberation following the Stockholm Bloodbath, where his father was executed. Gustav's election as king on 6 June 1523 (the National Day of Sweden) and his triumphant entry into Stockholm eleven days later marked Sweden's final secession from the Kalmar Union.^[3]

^ Gustav's gravestone gives his year of birth as 1485, although according to his son Charles IX he had been born in 1488. His nephew Per Brahe gives 1495 as Gustav's year of birth, and historian Erik Göransson Tegel the year 1490. Brahe and Tegel agree that Gustav was born on Ascension Thursday, 12 May, with this match occurring in 1491 and 1496.
^ "Sweden". World Statesmen. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
^ Anastacia Sampson. "Swedish Monarchy – Gustav Vasa". sweden.org.za. Archived from the original on 14 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.