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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.
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.
Margaret I (Danish: Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was Queen regnant of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century. [ 3 ][ 4 ][ 5 ] She had been queen consort of Norway ...
Queen of Sweden. Margareta Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud was one of the most important Swedish rulers during the 16th century. She was King Gustav I Vasa’s second wife and as queen she exercised responsibility for elements of Swedish policy-making for just over a decade, sometimes during turbulent developments like the Dacke War, a peasant uprising.
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Margareta was a shrewd and single-minded woman who could run a large household, but also could get what she wanted in political negotiations. She pursued a clear and active foreign policy. She saw the danger of the increasing power of the German principalities as well as of the Hanseatic League and the Teutonic Knights.
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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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 ...
