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Margareta Leijonhufvud, born Margareta Eriksdotter (January 1, 1516 - August 26, 1551) was a Swedish Queen consort, the consort of King Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden

Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson and later known as Gustav Vasa , was Monarchy of Sweden from 1523 until his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Vasa, an influential Nobility which came to be the royal house of Sweden for much of the 16th and 17th centuries....
 and the Queen of Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 from 1536 to 1551.

areta Leijonhuvfud was a member of one of Sweden's most powerful noble families, daughter of Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud, a man executed at Stockholm bloodbath
Stockholm Bloodbath

The Stockholm Bloodbath, or the Stockholm Massacre , took place as the result of a successful invasion of Sweden by Denmark forces under the command of Christian II....
, and wife Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa, and already engaged when the king decided to marry her.






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Margareta Leijonhufvud, born Margareta Eriksdotter (January 1, 1516 - August 26, 1551) was a Swedish Queen consort, the consort of King Gustav I
Gustav I of Sweden

Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson and later known as Gustav Vasa , was Monarchy of Sweden from 1523 until his death. He was the first monarch of the House of Vasa, an influential Nobility which came to be the royal house of Sweden for much of the 16th and 17th centuries....
 and the Queen of Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
 from 1536 to 1551.

Biography

Margareta Leijonhuvfud was a member of one of Sweden's most powerful noble families, daughter of Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud, a man executed at Stockholm bloodbath
Stockholm Bloodbath

The Stockholm Bloodbath, or the Stockholm Massacre , took place as the result of a successful invasion of Sweden by Denmark forces under the command of Christian II....
, and wife Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa, and already engaged when the king decided to marry her. The engagement was broken off for the sake of the king, and later her fiancé was married to her sister instead.

There is a story that describes this: The king caught his new queen and her former fiancé together alone, with the young man, Svante
Svante

Svante is a Swedish first name for males. It originates from Slavic peoples ancestors of first prominent Svantes in Sweden. The Slavic languages have the name which is rendered as Sviatopolk I of Kiev in Russian, Swietopelk in Poland and Svatopluk in Czech Rep....
 Sture
Sture

Sture was the name of two influential families in Sweden from the late 15th century to the early 16th century. One member of one of these families and two members of the other served as Regents of Sweden in the Kalmar Union between 1470 and 1520....
, on his knees before the queen. The King asked in a rage:"What is this?!" and Queen Margareta then swiftly told him; " My lord Sture is asking me for the hand of my sister!" , at which the king just as swiftly answered; "Granted!", and Svante Sture was hastily married to the queen's sister Martha Leijonhufvud, a woman known to be so dominating that she was nick-named "King Martha". It does not seem that Queen Margareta and Svante Sture ever repeated anything that could be seen as improper again, and if they did, they were not discovered. The first years of their marriage, Margarets mother Ebba played a dominating role in the royal court, and it was said that even the king did not dare to opose his mother-in-law the queen's mother; her influence, however, was not political.

Queen Margareta was described as intelligent and beautiful, and the marriage was considered a happy one; her husband was not known to be unfaithful to her. She devoted her life to domestic duties and family life. She remained a Catholic her entire life, and it was painful for her to make clothes and curtains of the textiles the king confiscated from old Catholic convents, but it does not seem that she ever used any influence to promote her own beliefs in politics, in religion or otherwise. She did however, give donations to the still active Vadstena Abbey
Vadstena Abbey

Vadstena Abbey was the motherhouse of the Bridgettines, situated on V?ttern, in the Diocese of Link?ping, Sweden. The abbey started as one of the farms donated by the king, but the town of Vadstena grew up around it....
, as well as her family: her mother was also the benefactor of Vreta Abbey
Vreta Abbey

Vreta Abbey, in operation from the beginning of the 12th century to 1582, was the first nunnery in Sweden, initially Order of St. Benedict and later Cistercian, and one of the oldest in Scandinavia....
. Margareta often used the services of a cunning woman, the peasant-wife Brigitta Andersdotter, whom she often hired to see to the health of herself, her sister Märtha and their children, and very appreciated for her skill. She was almost constantly pregnant, which devastated her health. In August 1551, she and her children made an excursion by boat on Mälaren
Mälaren

Lake M?laren is the third-largest lake in Sweden, after Lakes V?nern and V?ttern. Its area is 1,140 km? and its greatest depth is 64 m. The lake drains, from southwest to northeast, into the Baltic Sea through S?dert?lje kanal, Hammarbyslussen, Karl Johanslussen and Norrstr?m....
 between Gripsholm and Västerås
Västerås

V?ster?s [v?st?r'o?s] is a Cities of Sweden in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake M?laren in the province V?stmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm....
, and on their return, she took ill with pneumonia
Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an Inflammation illness of the lung. Frequently, it is described as lung parenchyma/alveolus inflammation and abnormal alveolar filling with fluid ....
. When she died, she was deeply mourned by the king.

Through her eldest daughter Katarina
Katharina Vasa

Katarina Gustavsdotter Vasa, princess of Sweden, was the oldest daughter of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvud and later regent of Ostfriesland....
, she is a direct-line ancestor of Queen Victoria.

Ancestors


Children

  1. John III
    John III of Sweden

    John III was Monarch of Sweden from 1568 until his death. He was the son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife Margaret Leijonhufvud....
     (Johan III) (1537-1592), Duke of Finland
    Duke of Finland

    Duke of Finland was an occasional medieval title granted as a tertiogeniture to the relatives of the King of Sweden between the 13th and 16th centuries....
    , King of Sweden
    List of Swedish monarchs

    This is a list of Sweden monarchs, that is, the King of Sweden, with regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time.The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work Germania, c....
     1567-1592
  2. Catherine
    Katharina Vasa

    Katarina Gustavsdotter Vasa, princess of Sweden, was the oldest daughter of Gustav Vasa and Margareta Leijonhufvud and later regent of Ostfriesland....
     (1539-1610), wife of Edzard II, Count of East Frisia
    Edzard II, Count of East Frisia

    Edzard II, Count of East Frisia . Born June 24 1532, died September 1 1599....
  3. Cecilia (1540-1627), wife of Christoper II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern
  4. Magnus (1542-1595), Duke
    Duke

    A duke is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy or a dukedom. The title comes from the Latin language Dux Bellorum, which had the sense of "military commander" and was employed by both the Germanic peoples themselves and by the Ancient Rome authors covering them to r...
     of Västanstång (western Östergötland
    Östergötland

    ?sterg?tland is a one of the traditional provinces of Sweden in the south of Sweden. It borders Sm?land, V?sterg?tland, N?rke, S?dermanland, and the Baltic Sea....
    ) and Count of Dal (Dalsland
    Dalsland

    Dalsland is one of the traditional Provinces of Swedens , in the south west of Sweden. It borders Bohusl?n to the south-west, Norway to the west, V?rmland to the north and north-east, lake V?nern to the east, and V?sterg?tland to the east and south....
    ), mentally ill
    Mental illness

    A mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as part of normal development or culture....
  5. Karl (1544-1544)
  6. Anna Maria
    Anna Maria of Sweden

    Princess Anna Maria of Sweden, also Anna Maria Gustavsdotter Vasa was the daughter of Gustav I of Sweden and Margareta Leijonhufvud, a Swedish nobility....
     (1545-1610), wife of George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz
    George John I, Count Palatine of Veldenz

    George John I was the Palatinate-Veldenz from 1544 until 1592....
  7. Sten (1546-1547)
  8. Sophia (1547-1611), wife of Magnus II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, who was nephew of Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg
    Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg

    Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Katarina in Swedish language, , was the first consort of Gustav I of Sweden and Queen of Sweden from 1531 until her death in 1535....
  9. Elizabeth (1549-1597), wife of Christopher, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch
  10. Charles IX
    Charles IX of Sweden

    Charles IX , was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, brother of Eric XIV of Sweden and John III of Sweden, and uncle of Sigismund III Vasa king of both Sweden and Poland....
     (Karl IX) (1550-1611), Duke
    Duke

    A duke is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy or a dukedom. The title comes from the Latin language Dux Bellorum, which had the sense of "military commander" and was employed by both the Germanic peoples themselves and by the Ancient Rome authors covering them to r...
     of Södermanland
    Södermanland

    , sometimes referred to under its Latin form Sudermannia or Sudermania, is a Provinces of Sweden or landskap on the south eastern coast of Sweden....
    , Närke
    Närke

    is a traditional Provinces of Sweden or landskap in middle Sweden. It borders V?sterg?tland, V?rmland, V?stmanland, S?dermanland and ?sterg?tland....
    , Värmland
    Värmland

    is a Provinces of Sweden or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders V?sterg?tland, Dalsland, Dalarna, V?stmanland and N?rke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west....
     and northern Västergötland
    Västergötland

    is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated in the southwest of Sweden. In older English literature one may also encounter the Latin language version Westrogothia....
    , Regent of Sweden
    List of Swedish monarchs

    This is a list of Sweden monarchs, that is, the King of Sweden, with regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time.The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work Germania, c....
     1599-1604, King of Sweden
    List of Swedish monarchs

    This is a list of Sweden monarchs, that is, the King of Sweden, with regents and viceroys of the Kalmar Union up until the present time.The earliest record of what is generally considered to be a Swedish king appears in Tacitus' work Germania, c....
     1604-1611


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