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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.
Margareta Eriksdotter Vasa. Margareta Eriksdotter Vasa (1497 – 31 December 1536), also called Margareta Vasa and Margareta of Hoya, was a Swedish noblewoman, sister of King Gustav I of Sweden. Between 1525 and 1534, she commanded Vyborg Castle on several occasions during the absence of her spouse.
Margareta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud’s date and place of birth remain uncertain but it is likely that she was born around the turn of the year 1515-1516, possibly on Loholmen in Lake Anten, Västergötland, where her family had a property. Her parents were Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa and the privy councillor Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud.
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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 ...
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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Brief Life History of Margareta Eriksdotter. When Margareta Eriksdotter Vasa was born in 1558, in Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, her father, Erik XIV Kung av Sverige, was 25 and her mother, Agda Persdotter, was 29. She married Olof Simonsson Luth Clarevallensis on 24 December 1592. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters.
