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Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa. Queen Margaret as shown on her grave monument. Margaret Leijonhufvud or Margareta Eriksdotter (1 January 1516 – 26 August 1551) was Queen of Sweden from 1536 to 1551 by marriage to King Gustav I. She played a political role as the advisor of, and the intermediary to, her spouse the King.
When Margareta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud was born on 1 January 1516, in Ekeberg, Lillkyrka, Örebro, Sweden, her father, Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud, was 46 and her mother, Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa, was 26. She married Gustav I Eriksson Vasa, Kung Av Sverige on 1 October 1536, in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. They were the parents of at least 8 sons ...
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- Gustav I Eriksson Vasa, Kung Av Sverige
Margareta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud may already have been engaged to Svante Sture, a young nobleman, when she first met King Gustav. Although Svante Sture may have had to endure rejection, he did go on to marry Margareta’s sister Märta instead. Through the sisters’ close relationship the Sture family gained better access to the royal Vasa ...
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Apr 4, 2022 · Margareta died 11 November 1618 in Horn, she was buried in Ekeby, Horn parish November 1618. She was moved when the church was moved to Horn, and the remains are today in the choir in Horn church. Her husband died just over 21 years later, on October 8, 1639.
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- November 11, 1618
- Olaus Simonsson (Simonsson) Luth
Queen Margareta. Margareta was the daughter of Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud and Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa. Gustav Vasa's second wife was crowned in Uppsala in 1536. Their marriage produced ten children, eight of whom reached adulthood. Margareta was a driving force for the administration of royal estates. She gave generous gifts to the church, and ...
Jun 18, 2021 · The second of the three wives of Gustav I Vasa, King of Sweden, Swedish noblewoman Margareta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud was born on January 1, 1516, at Ekeberg Castle in Närke, Sweden. She was the third of the six children of Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud (died 1520, link in Swedish) and Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa (circa 1490 – 1549), a second ...
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Apr 30, 2022 · Margareta Eriksdotter , † around 1541-44 in Germany. Married 1: o before 1515 with Erik Knutsson Tre Rosor , † executed in Stockholm's bloodbath 1520-11-04. Married 2: o 1523-10-14 in St. Lars Church in Söderköping with the Knight, Berend von Melen Council , † 1561-09-02 at Herbsleben in Thuringia. Adelsvapen 3 Roses Geneology Tab 5.
