Monarchs and regents of Sweden

Abbreviations used::
b = brother of, d = daughter of, m = married to (year), s = son of,
gs = grandson of, ggs = great grandson; † = died; ‡ = buried.

No. Born Ruled King's name and relations
Queen's name and relations
00W - -967 Oluf II;
s Bjørn IV den Gamle;
King of Upssala
child :
1.   Styrbjørn; Chief at Jomsborg;
   m Thyra, d Harald Blåtand;
   a) Thorkil Sprakaleg, † 976.
     Thorkil got
     a) Gyda
     m Earl Godwin, † 1053, of Wessex and Kent, his second marriage, and
     b) Ulf Jarl, 994-1027
     m Estrith, d Svend Tveskæg;
Ynglinge Dynasty
001 945c 970-994/995 Erik Segersäll = Erik Sejersæl = Erich VII der Siegreiche =
Erik VIII = Hericus Victor
;
b(00W); † 994c or 995c; ‡ Uppsala;
He is noted numbered both VI, VII and VIII;
King of Upssala from between 950 and 970;

Sigrid Storråde = Sigrid den Stolte; m(1); d Skoglar Tofte; divorced, and she remarried Svend Tveskæg;
children :
1.   Olav Sveakonge; (002);
2.   Holmfried;
   m Svend Hakonson, † 1016; - a son of Jarl Hakon Sigurdson den Mægtige of Norway; they got
     a) Gunild;
     m(1) cousin (003); m(2) Svend Estridsen (DK104);

Audur; m(2); illegitimate daughter of Jarl Hakon Sigurdson den Mægtige of Norway;

Gunild = Sigrid; m(3); d Duke Mieccislaw I of Poland (PI-01);
she re-married Svend Tveskæg after she was widowed 993;
002 - 994-1021/1022 Olav Sveakonge = Olav Skødkonge = Olaf Schosskönig =
Olaf Skotkonung = Olov Skötkonung = Olav Eriksson
;
s(001); † 1021 or 1022 or 1024 or 1026;
King of Sweden from 993 or 994;
Christened 1008;

Estrid; m(1); d an Obotritic prince;
children :
1.   Anund Jakob; (003);
2.   Holmfried;    m Svein Jarl of Ranerike = Båhus Len of Norway;
3.   Ingegerd; † 1050; ‡ Kiev;
   m 1019 Grandduke Jaroslaw I of Kiev & Novgorod; they got
     a) Elisabet;
     m Harald Hårdråde (Norw. 011);
     b) Anna of Kiev;
     m Henry I of France;
     c) Anastasia;
     m Andreas I of Hungary;

Edla; mistress or m(2); d a Vendian Earl;
children :
4.   Emund; (004); 5.   Astrid;
   m 1019 Olaf II Haraldsson of Norway (Norw.008);
003 - 1022-1050 Anund Jakob = Anund Jakob Kolbränna;
s(002); † 1050 or 1051 or 1052;
King of Sweden from 1022; or joint king from 1024 and sole king from 1026;

Gunhild; † 1054/1055; d Vicegerent Svend of Trondelagen (No. 005-2);
     she m(2) King Svend Estridsen of Denmark (Dk104);
children :
1.   Gyda = Jutta;
   m (005); another source claims daughter's father was (004); and [9951] claims she married Svend Estridsen;
2.   Daughter;
   m Stenkil Rognvaldsen (005);

Swedish source [9978] says childless.
004 - 1050-1060 Emund den Gamle = Edmund the Old;
s(002), illegitimate; † 1056 or 1060;
King of Sweden from 1050;

Astrid; widow after Jarl Rognvald Ulfson of Västergötland;
children uncertain connection, another source claims the daughter's father was (003):
1.   Daughter;
   m (005); which do not correspond with other sources - doubtful connection, but in accordance with [9978];
2.   Anund, who died before father did; confirmed by two sources;
Stenkil Dynasty
005 - 1060-1066 Stenkil Ragnvaldson = Stenkil Rognvaldsen;
s Earl Ragnwald = Jarl Rognvald Ulfson of Västergötland; † 1066;
King of Sweden from 1060;

Daughter of (003);
children :
1.   Halsten; (006);
2.   Inge I; (007);
3.   Blot-Sven; King of Sweden 1090-1099;


Interval
Acording to legend two princes of the Anund Jacob dynasty (003) fought for power and perished in the civil war.
They were follow by Hakon the Red of Västergötland who ruled for 13 years before Stenkil Ragnvaldson's sons seized power.
[9951-XLV-B]
 
006 - 1067-1070 Halsten = Halstan;
s(005); † 1090 or 1100 or 1112;
King of Sweden from 1080; ruled together with brother (007);

children, another source has no children of Halsten;
1.   Philip I; (009);
2.   Inge II; (010);
007 - 1070-1105 Inge I = Inge I der Ältere = Inge Stenkilsen = Ingemund I;
s(005); † 1112;
King of Sweden from 1080 or 1081;
He was immediately exiled for three years by b-in-law, Blot-Svend, and returned to power from 1083;

Maer Mø; m(1); sister to Blot Sven (008), stated in 2 sources, however, Blot Sven is also claimed as brother or halfbrother to Inge I;

Helen = Helene: sister to Blot-Sven (008); m(2); [9951] claims the mother being m(1);
children :
1.   Margrethe Fredkulla = Margareta; † 1130 - at the latest;
   m(1) 1101 Magnus III Barfod of Norway (Nor.014); † 1102;
   m(2) 1105 Niels of Denmark (Dk109);
2.   Christina = Kristina; † 1120;
   m 1095 Grand Duke Mistislav of Kiev, 1076-1132;
3.   Inge II (010);
4.   Katarina
   m Bjørn Jernside; † 1134; [9956] has Bjørn as son and K as d-in-law;
     they got:
     a) Kristina
     m Erik den Hellige IX (013);
5.   Henrik; who got a s Magnus;
6.   Rognvald = Ragvald, who dies before father;
     he got
     a) Ingrid
     m(1) Henrik Skadelår, a gs of Svend Estridsen;
     they got
          i) Magnus (014), who killed (013) and was elected king;
     m(2) Harald Gille of Norway (Nor.019);
     they got Inge Krokrygg of Norway;
     Ingrid married at least 4 times; number three and following husbands were Norwegians
008 - 1081-1083 or
1090-1099
Blot-Sven;
King of Sweden from 1081 or 1090;

children :
1.   Kol; who got the s Sverker I, (012);
2.   Cecily = Cecilie;
   m Jedward and got Erik IX, (013);
009 - 1110/1112-1118 Philip of Sweden;
s(006); † 1118; this king is missing in some sources, but noted in [9978];
King of Sweden from 1112;

Ulfhild; m (1?); she re-married Niels of Denmark (Dk109);

Ingegerd; m(2?); d Harald III of Norway (Nor.011); her first marriage was to Oluf Hunger of Denmark (Dk107);
no children ;
010 - 1110-1123 Inge II den yngre = Inge II der Jüngere;
s(006); † 1130;
King of Sweden from 1112;

Sankta Ragnhild of Södertälje m(1);

Ulfhild; m(2); d Hakon Finson of the Norwegian Thotta dynasty (see also 012); she rearried later Danish King Niels;
no children ;

About 1120-1125 Sweden had six dioceses: Skara, Sigtuna, Linköping, Eskilstuna, Strängnäs, Aros/Västerås;
011 1106 1129-1134 Magnus I = Magnus Nielsen = Magnus Nilsson;
s Niels (Danish 109) and (Dk007-1); † 4/6 1134, killed in the battle of Fodvig / Fotevik;
King of Gotland Sweden from 1129, while the Skåne land elected Rognvald Olufsen Knaphöfde, s of Oluf Næskonge as king, † 1129;

Rikissa = Richiza Swentoslawa of Poland = Rixa, * 1116, † after 1155; m 1129; d king Boleslaw III Krzywousty of Poland, 1085-1139.
child :
1.   Knud III / V of Denmark (Dk113), 1130-1157;

According to [9978p51] Knud's mother was Salome of Berg-Schelklingen by Ulm, Germany;
Sverker and Erik Dynasties - Sverkeska ätten
012 - 1130-1156 or
1130-1150
Sverker I = Sverker den Äldre;
gs(008); s of Kol (008-1) or Ulf or Cornube [9978 p.52]; † 1156, murdered;
King of Sweden from 1130;

Ulfhild; † 1143/1150; m(1); d Hakon Finson (see also 010); she was widow after (010) - her second m;
according to [9844] Ulfhild is the mother of all of Sverker's children;
children :
1.   Karl VII Sverkersson (015);
2.   Sune Syk; doubtful parentage;
3.   Johan = Jon Jarl; died before father and between 1150 and 1156;
     he got a) Kol; † 1173c; and
     b) Burislev the Younger; † 1169c. Uncertain;
4.   Sophie; m Knud III of Denmark (Dk113); 5.   Ingegerd; † 1204; prioress in Vreta Convent;

Richiza = Rixa = Rikissa; * 1106 or 1116; m(2) 1139; † after 1155; d Boleslav III of Poland;
Her third marriage. Her first m 1129 c. was Magnus Nielsen of Västergötland (011); * 1106; † 1134;
Her second was 1136 c. to Volodar of Minsk = Prince Vladimir of Novgorod; † after 1167;
Her fourth was to Count Wladimirko of Halitsch;
child :
6.   Burislev the Elder = Boleslav;

013 - 1150-1160 or
1156-1160
Erik IX = Erik den Hellige = Erik Jedvardson;
gs(008), s of Jedvard and Cecily (008-2); † 18/5 1160, killed by (007-6a-i = 014);
King of Sweden from 1150 or 1156;

Christina = Kristina; d Prince Bjørn Jernside of Denmark, † 1134;
children :
1.   Knut I; (016);
2.   Philip = Filip; he got Holmger, -1191-;
     Holmger got Knut Långe, † 1234 and m Helena of Denmark;
3.   Katarina; m Nils Simonsson Blaka; their d, Kristina den Svenska, was m to a Norwegian;
4.   Margaret; † 1209;
   m 1185 Sverre of Norway (Nor.025);
014 - 1160-1161 Magnus II Henriksson;
gs (or ggs)(007); † 1161;
King of Sweden from 1160; he killed (014) and was himself killed 1161;
He was possibly not king of all Sweden;

Brigida; illegitimate d of Harald Gille of Norway;
After she was widowed she re-m. Earl Birger Brosa - see (016);
015 - 1161-1167 Carl VII = Karl VII Sverkersson;
s(012); † 13/4 1167 murdered by Knut Eriksson (016); ‡ Alvastra;
King of Västergötland from 1158;
King of Sweden from 1161;

Christine = Kristina Stigsdotter; m(1); d Stig Hvita & Margrethe, d of Knud Lavard;
child :
1.   Sverker II (017); † 1208;

Ulfhilde, queen of Niels of Denmark (Dk109), abducted by Norwegian King Sverker (Nor.025) and seduced by Karl VII;
016 - 1167-1195 or
1167-1196
Knut I = Knut Eriksson;
s(013); † 1195 or 1196; ‡ Varnhem Klosterkyrka;
The king's Earl was Birger Brosa;
King of Sweden from 1167;

Name unknown; from sources we know she was ill, promised to join a convent if recovering;
children :
1.   Erik X Knudson (018); † 1216;
2.   Sigrid; m Knut;
3-5.   3 children killed 1205 in battle for the throne between the four brothers and Sverker II (017);
017 1165/1167 1195-1208 or
1196-1208
Sverker II den yngre Karlsson;
s(015); † 17/7 1210 in battle by Gestilren; ‡ Alvastra;
King of Sweden from 1196; was deposed 1208 after battle of Lena / Kungslena 31/1 1208; returned and was killed;

Benedicta Ebbesdotter = Bengte; m(1); d Ebbe Suneson of Knardrup and niece to Archbishop Andreas Sunesen;
children :
1.   Kristina;
   m Heinrich Borwin II of Mecklenburg:
2.   Margareta;
   m to North German prince; doubtful:
3.   Helena;
   m Jarl Sune Folkesson (gs 014) in Östergötland;
     they got:
     a) Katarina;
     m Erik XI(020);

Ingegerd Birgersdotter = Ingrid; m(2); d Jarl Birger Brosa & Brigida, who later re-married King Magnus Henriksson;
children :
4.   Karl = Charles; † 1198;
   m Ingeborg, d Sverker of Norway (Nor.025-3);
5.   Johan Sverkersen I den Fromme (019); * 1201; † 1222;
018 - 1208-1216 Erik X = Erik X Knutsson;
s(016); † 1216;
King of Sweden from 1208;
Crowned 1210 in Old Uppsala - first known crowning in Sweden;

Richitza = Regitze of Denmark = Rixa (Dk114-2); m 1210; † 08/05 1220; d Valdemar den Store;
children :
1.   Elin = Helene;
   m Knut Johansen Lange of Folkunge dynasty = Canute Johanson = Knut II (021);
2.   Erik XI; (020);

3.   Ingeborg;
   m Jarl Birger Magnuson of Bjelbo, c. 1200-1266;
   they got:
     a) Rixa; † before 13/12 1288;
     m(1) 1251 Prince Hakon of Norway (Nor.029-3);
     m(2) Prince Heinrich I of Werle, † 1291;
     b) Waldemar II (022);
Jarl Birger Magnusson of Bielbo was regent for his son Erik XI, until he came of age.
Birger m(2) Mechtilde, d Count Adolf IV of Holstein and widow after King Abel of denmark;

     c) Magnus III (023);
     d) Ingeborg; * 1247; † 30/06 1302;
     m 1270 Duke Johann I of Sachsen-Lauenburg (Tysk.SL-010); * 1249; † 30/07 1285;
     e) Catherine;
     m 1259? Prince Siegfried I of Anhalt-Zerbst, 1230-1298;
     f) Bengt = Benedicht; * 1254; † 1291; Duke of Finland, Bishop of Linköping;
     g) Erik; Duke of Smaaland; † 1275;

4.   Märta; m Nils Sparre;
5.   Sophia; † before 24/04 1241;
   m before 15/02 1237 Prince Heinrich III Burwin / Borwin of Mecklenburg, † 1278;
6.   Mariana; † 27/06 1252;
   m 1238 / 1239 Duke Barnim I of Pomerania, * 1219; † 14/11 1278;
019 1201 1216-1222 Johan I = John I Sverkersson = Johan den Fromme;
s(017); * 1201; † 1222, last king of the Sverker dynasty;
King of Sweden from 1216;
020 1216 1222-1229 +
1234-1250
Erik XI = Erik Läspe og Halte = Erik XI Eriksson;
s(018); * 1216; † 02/02 1250;
King of Sweden fom 1222;
Deposed 1229;
King again from 1234;

Katarina = Catherine (017-3); m 1243 or 1244; d Jarl Sune Folkesen og Helena;
no children ;
021 - 1229-1234 Knut II = Canute II Johanson = Knut Lange;
ggs(013); † 1234 in battle;
King of Sweden from 1229;

Helene (018-1);
child ;
1.   Holmgeir; executed 1248;
Folkungen Dynasty
022 1237 or
1243
1250-1275 or 1250-1278 Valdemar I of Sweden = Waldemar Birgersson;
s(018-3); * 1237 or 1243; † 1302 in prison;
King from 1250; Birger Jarl was regent from 1250;
Deposed 1275 or 1278;

Sofia = Sophia; m(1); m 1260; † 1286; d Erik IV Plovpenning (Dk117);
children :
1.   Ingeborg; * 1254; † 1312;
   m 1275 Count Gerard II of Holstein;
2.   Rixa = Richitza;
   m 1285 King Przemyslaw II of Poland, † 1296; his 2nd m;

   Queen Sofia left Sweden 1277 after the king's repeated infidelities and lived in Denmark until 1286.

Jutta; mistress; * 1244; † 1284; d Erik Plovpenning (Dk117);
child:
?.   Erik Valdemarsen; * 1273; in prison 1322-1327 c. with father, escaped to Norway c.1325;
023 1240 1275-1290 or
1278-1290
Magnus III = Magnus Ladelås = Magnus I Ladulas = Magnus I Scheunenschloss;
b(022); * 1240; † 1290;
Duke of Södermanland from 1266;
King of Sweden from 1275 or 1278;

Helvig = Hedevig; m 1276; † 1325?; d Count Gerhard I of Holstein; † 1290;
children :
1.   Birger Magnusson (024);
2.   Erik, Duke of Södermanland and from 1310 further fiefs; imprisoned 1317; † 1318 murdered - died of hunger;
     m 1312 Ingeborg, 1301-after 1360, d Hakon V of Norway; they got
     a) Magnus (025); * 1316; † 1374;
     b) Euphemia (025a); * 1317; † 1370?;
3.   Waldemar, Duke of Finland; † 1318;
     m(1) 1302 Christina, d Thorkel; divorced 1305;
     m(2) 1312 Ingeborg of Norway (Nor.031-2) * 1297; they got Erik * 1316 who died young;
4.   Ingeborg; † 15/08 1319; m 1296 Erik Menved (Dk121);
024 1280 1290-1319 Birger = Birger Magnusson;
s(023); * 1280; † 1321;
King of Sweden from 1290;
Deposed and exiled 1319;

Margrethe; † 1341; m 1298; d Erik Klipping (Dk120);
children :
1.   Magnus; * 1300; † 1320 executed;
2.   Erik; † 1314;
025 1316 1319-1363 or
1319-1365
Magnus IV = Magnus II = Magnus Smek = Magnus Forføreren;
bs(024); s(023-2); * 1316; † 01/12 1374 drowned;
King of Sweden from 1319 to 1363; came of age in 1333;
Deposed 1363 in Sweden; imprisoned 1365-1372;
King of Norway from 1319 to 1344; (Nor.033);

Blanka of Namur = Blanche; † 1363; m 1335; d Count John of Namur;
children :
1.   Erik XII Magnusson (026);
2.   Håkon VI/VII of Norway (Nor.034);
025a 1317 - Euphemia of Sweden;
d(023-2); * 1317; † 1370;

Duke Albrecht I / II of Mecklenburg (M-07); * 1318; † 1379; m 1336;
children :
1.   Duke Henry I of Mecklenburg (M008);
     m(1) Ingeborg, 1347-1370; d Valdemar IV Atterdag; they got:
     a) Maria, 1363-1402;
     m Duke Wartislaw VII of Pomerania, 1362-1394; (028a)
2.   Albrecht (027);
3.   Magnus I of Mecklenburg; † 1384;
4.   Ingeborg;
     m(1) Kurfyrst Ludvig af Brandenburg;
     m(2) Count Henrik II Ferreus of Holstein (O-11);
026 1337 or
1339
1356-1359 Erik XII Magnusson;
s(025); * 1337 or 1339; † 21/06 1359 possibly poisoned by mother;
Joint king of Sweden from 1344 or 1350;
King of Sweden from 1356;

Beatrice; * 1344; † 1359; m 1355; d Emperor Ludwig IV; he actually was 'Churfyrste af Brandenburg' at the marriage;
no children ;



A single source has King Hakon Magnusson, * 1340; King from 1362; deposed 1363; † 01/05 1380;
 
027 1340 1363-1389
or
1365-1389
Albrecht III = Albert of Mecklenburg; s(025a), s(Nor.032b) = Albrecht II of Mecklenburg (M013); * 1340; † 31/03 1412;
King of Sweden from 1363-1389; imprisoned after the battle of Falkiöping 1389-1395;
Deposed 1389; ceded his claim to the throne 1405;

Richardis; † 1377; m(1) 1359; d Count Otto I of Schwering;
child :
1.   Richardis;
   m 1388 to Duke John of Görlitz = Johan von Lausitz, 1370-1396, s Emperor Karl IV;
2.   Erik; † 1397; imprisoned with father in 1389;
3.   Albrecht IV / V, Duke of Mecklenburg (H007); † 1423;
028 - 1389-1412 Margrethe af Danmark;
† 28/10 1412;
Queen of Sweden from 1389;
See her line under Denmark;
028a 1363 - Maria = Mary;
d(025a-1); * 1363; † 1402;

Duke Wartislaw VII of Pomerania; * 1362; † 1394; m 1380;
children:
1.   Erik XIII (029);
2.   Catherine = Sophie (029a); * 1390; † 1426;
029 1382 1397-1439 or 1412-1440 Erik XIII Pommern = Erik XIII of Pomerania;
s(028a); * 1382; † 03/05 1459;
s Duke Vartislav VII of Pommerania and Maria of Mecklenburg; † 1459; ‡ Rügenwalde Kirche = Darlowo;
King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1397 as joint ruler with Margrethe I; or
Sole King of Sweden from 1412; elected king 1396;
King of Norway from 1389;
Deposed or abdicated 1439;

Philippa of England; d Henry IV; * 04/07 1394; m 26/10 1406; entered convent Vadstena; † 1430;
no children.
029a - - Catherine = Sophie;
d(028a); * 1390; † 1426;

Count John of the Palatinate of Neumarkt, Upper Palatinate; m(1) 1407; * 1383; † 1443; s King Rupert III of the Roman / German;
child :
1.   Christopher of Denmark (Dk128); See details under Denmark;
030 1416
1418
1440-1448 Christoffer III af Bayern = Christopher III of Bavaria;

s Pfalzgraf Johan I of Neumarkt and sister to (029); * 26/02 1416; † 05-06/01 1448; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.
King of Sweden from 09/04 1440; Crowned Aug. 1441;
Crowned king of Norway 02/07 1442;
Crowned king of Denmark 1/1 1443;

Dorothea of Brandenburg; † 10/11 1495; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; m(1) 26/10 1445;
she m(2) 28/10 1449 to Christian I (032) after being widowed 05/01 1448;
no children in m(1);
031 1408 1448-1457 and
1464-1465 and
1467-1470
Karl VIII = Carl VIII Knutsson Bonde;
* 1408 or 1409; † 15/05 1470; he was s of Knut Bonde and Margaret, d Karl Sparre;
Regent 1436-1441;
King of Sweden from 20/06 1448 to 24/06 1457 and from 1464 to 1465 and again from 1467;
King of Norway from 1449;

Brita; m(1) 1428?; d Thure Bjelke † 1436;
children :
1.   Magdalene;
   m Ivar Axelsson Thott; † 1487;
2.   Daughter;
   m Erik Eriksson den Ældre; † 1477;
3.   Birgit;
   m Nils Bosson † 1494;

Catherine; m(2) 1438; † 1450; d Charles Ormson;
032 1426 1457-1464 Christian I af Danmark;
s Dietrich of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst; * 1426; † 21/05 1481 København Castle; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral.
King of Denmark; crowned king of Denmark 28/10 1449;
King of Norway from 1449; crowned king of Norway 1450;
Count of Oldenborg and Delmenhorst from 1440;
King of Sweden 24/06 1457 to 1464; crowned king of Sweden 23/6 1457;
Deposed 1464; regained kingship 1470;
Deposed 2nd time 10/10 1471;
Duke of Schleswig-Holstein from 1460 as Christian VIII; Holstein only duchy from 1474;

Dorothea of Brandenburg; † 10/11 1495; ‡ Roskilde Cathedral; m 28/10 1449; her m(2), after being widowed 05/01 1448 after (030).
children :
1.   Olaf; 1450-1451;
2.   Knud; 1451-1451;
3.   Hans (Dk130); 1455-1513;
4.   Margrethe; 1456-1487;
   m James III of Scotland 1468-1469;
5.   Frederik I; * 07/10 1471; † 1535.



Sten Sture the Elder was regent 1470 to 1495 and from Nov 1501 to † 14/12 1503;
 
033 1455 1497-1501 Hans II af Danmark = John II of Denmark;
s(032); † 20/02 1513; ‡ Odense Gråbrødre Kloster, from 1805 Skt. Knud;
Crowned Swedish king 26/10 1497;
Deposed 1501;

Christine of Sachsen; d Duke Ernst of Sachsen; * 24/12 1461; m 06/09 1478; † 08/12 1521; ‡ Skt. Knud Cathedral, Odense.
children:
1.   Christian II; * 01/07 1481; † 1555;
2.   Ernst; died in infancy;
3.   Hans; * 1497; † 1511;
4.   Elizabeth; * 1485; † 1555;
   m Kurfürst Joachim I Nestor of Hohenzollern dynasty, 1484-1535;
5.   Frans; 1497-1511;

Mistress Edele Jernskæg;
child :
6.   ? son ?;



Svante Nilsson Sture regent 1504 - † 02/01 1512; and
Sten Svantesson = Sten Sture the Younger was regnet 1512 to † 03/02 1520;
 
034 1481 1520-1521 Christian II;
s(033); † 25/01 1559;
King of Sweden from 06/03 1520;
Deposed 20/01 1523;
Vasa Dynasty
035 1496 1523-1560 Gustav I = Gustavus I Eriksson = Gustaf I Wasa;
s Erik Johansson of Rydboholm, † 1520, & Cecilia Månsdotter, † 1521;
* 12/05 1495 or 1496; † 29/09 1560; ‡ Uppsala;
Regent of Sweden from 1521-1523;
King of Sweden from 06/06 1523;
Abdicated 25/06 1560;

Catherine = Katharina of Saxony-Lauenburg; * 24/09 1513; m(1) 24/09 1531; † 23/09 1535;
   d Duke Magnus II of Saxe-Lauenburg (Tysk.SR-090-3);
child :
  1.   Erik XIV (036);

Margareta Lejonhufvud; * 01/10 1514 or 1516; m(2) 01/10 1536; † 26/08 1551; d Eric Abrahamson Leijonhufvud † 1551;
children :
  2.   John III = Johan III (037); * 20/12 1537; † 17/11 1592;
  3.   Katharina; * 06/06 1539; † 21/12 1610;
   m 01/10 1559 Count Edzard II of Ostfriesland; * 20/06 1532; † 01/03 1599;
  4.   Cecily = Cecilia; * 06/11 1540; † 27/01 1627;
   m 18/06 1564 Margrave Christopher of Baden-Baden, * 26/03 1537; † 02/08 1575;
  5.   Magnus Duke of Östergötland; * 25/07 1542; † 26/06 1595 died insane;
  6.   Karl; * 1544; † 1544;
  7.   Anne Mary = Anna Maria; * 19/06 1545; † 30/03 1610;
   m 20/10 1562 Count Georg Johann I of Palatinate of Veldenz, * 11/04 1543 or 1545; † 18/04 1592;
  8.   Sten; * 1546; † 1547;
  9.    Sophia; * 29/10 1547; † 17/03 1611;
   m 04/07 1568 Duke Magnus II or III of Sachsen-Lauenburg (Tysk.SR-110); * 1543; † 14/05 1603;
10.   Elisabeth; * 05/04 1549; † 20/11 1597;
   m 14/05 1581 Duke Christoffer of Mecklenburg, Bishop of Ratzeburg, a son of (Meckl. H015); * 30/06 1537; † 04/03 1592;
11.   Carl IX = Karl IX (039); * 04/10 1550; † 30/10 1611;

Catherine Steenbock = Katarina Stenbock; * 22/07 1535 or 1536; m(3) 22/08 1552; † 13/12 1621; d Gustavus Olsson Stenbock † 1621;
no children ;
036 1533 1560-1568 Erik XIV;
s(035); * 13/12 1533; † 26/02 1577 poisoned while imprisoned;
King of Sweden from 25/6 1560;
Deposed 30/9 1568;

Karin Månsdotter = Karine Monsdatter = Catherine Maansdatter; * 06/11 1550; m 04/07 1568; † 13/09 1612; crowned queen 1568; d Swedish corporal of Stockholm's defence;
children :
1.   Sigrid; * 16/10 1566; † 24/04 1633;
   m(1) 1597 Henrik Clausson Tott; * 1569; † 1604; she became the founding mother of the Thott dynasty;
   m(2) 10/09 1609 Nils Nilsson Natt och Dag; * 1554; † 12/04 1613;
2.   Gustaf = Gustavus; * 28/01 1568; † 22/02 1607; abbot in Poland, died exiled in Russia;
3.   Henrik = Henry; * 24/01 1570; † 11/01 1574 or 07/06 1574 or 1633;
4.   Arnold; * 01/02 1572; † c. 01/06 1573;
037 1537 1568-1592 John III = Johann III;
s(035); * 20/12 1537; † 17/11 1592; ‡ Uppsala;
Duke of Finland from 1556;
Imprisoned from 1563 to 1567;
King of Sweden from 30/9 1568;

Katharina Jagellonica = Catherine; * 01/11 1526; m(1); 04/10 1562; † 16/09 1583; d King Sigismund I of Poland (PVI-93);
children :
1.   Isabella; * 1564; † 1566;
2.   Sigismund (038) = (Pol. PVI-97); = Sigismund III of Poland; * 20/06 1566; † 30/04 632;
3.   Anna; * 17/05 1568; † 26/02 1625;

Gunilla Bielke; * 25/06 1568; 1592; m(2) 21/02 1585; † 19/07 1597; d John Bielke † 1597;
child :
4.   Johan Duke of Östergötland, Dalsland and Finland; * 18/04 1589; † 05/03 1618;
   m 29/11 1612 Princess Marie = Mary Elizabeth Vasa, * 10/03 1596; † 07/08 1618; d (039);
038 1566 1592-1604 Sigismund;
s(037); * 20/06 1566; † 30/4 1632; ‡ Wawel Cathedral;
King of Poland as Sigismund III of Poland from 1587;

King of Sweden from 17/11 1592;
Abdicated / deposed in Sweden 1599 or Nov. 1600;

Anna; * 10/11 1572; m(1) 31/05 1592; † 10/02 1598; d Charles of Styria = d Archduke Charles of Austria (H028);
children :
  1.   Anna Maria; * 23/05 1593; † 09/02 1600;
  2.   Katharina; * 09/05 1594; † 05/06 1594;
  3.   Ladislaus IV = Wladislaw IV of Poland (PVI-98); * 09/06 1595; † 20/05 1648;
  4.   Katharina; * 27/09 1596; † 11/06 1597;
  5.   Kristofer; * 10/02 1598; † 10/02 1598;

Konstanze = Constantia, * 24/12 1588; m(2) 11/12 1605; † 10/07 1631; d Charles of Styria = d Archduke Charles of Austria (H028);
children :
  6.   John = Jan Kazimir; * 25/12 1607; † 14/01 1508;
  7.   John = Johan = Jan Kasimir (PVI-99); * 22/05 1609; † 16/12 1672;
  8.   John = Jan Olbracht, Cardinal from 1633; * 25/05 1612; † 22/12 1634;
  9.   Karol Ferdinand, Duke of Oppeln & Ratibor; * 13/10 1613; † 09/05 1655;
10.   Alexander Karol; * 04/11 1614; † 19/11 1634;
11.   Anna Konstancja; * 26/01 1616; † 24/05 1616;
12.   Anna Katharina Konstantia; * 07/08 1619; † 08/10 1651;
   m 08/06 1642 Pfalzgraf Philipp Wilhelm of Neuburg; * 24/11 1615; † 02/09 1690;
039 1550 1604-1611 Karl IX = Charles IX = Carl IX;
s(035); * 04/10 1550; † 30/10 1611;
Duke of Södermanland from 1595;
Regent of Sweden from 1595 or 1599 while king was away in Poland to 1603;
King of Sweden from 22/3 1604;

Maria of Palatine = Anna Marie von Simmern; * 24/07 1561; m(1) 11/05 1579; † 29/07 1589;
d Duke Ludwig II = Louis, Elector Palatine † 1589;
children :
  1.   Margareta Elisabet; * 24/09 1580; † 26/08 1585;
  2.   Elisabeth Sabina; * 12/03 1582; † 06/07 1585;
  3.   Ludwig; * 17/03 1583; † 26/05 1583;
  4.   Katarina = Catherine (039a); * 10/11 1584; † 13/12 1638;
  5.   Gustav; * 12/06 1587; † 04/12 1587;
  6.   Marie; * 18/12 1588; † 24/04 1589;

Christine of Holstein-Gottorp; * 13/04 1573; m(2) 27/08 1592; † 08/12 1625; d Duke Adolphus of Holstein-Gottorp (H-02);
children :
  7.   Christina; * 29/11 1593; † 25/05 1594;
  8.   Gustav II Adolf (040); * 19/12 1594; † 16/11 1632;
  9.   Mary Elizabeth = Maria Elisabeth; * 10/03 1596; † 07/08 1618;
   m 29/11 1612 Duke Johan Vasa of Östergötland s(037); † 05/03 1618;
10.   Kristina; * 1598; † 1599;
11.   Charles Philip = Karl Filip; * 22/04 1601; † 25/01 1622;
   m (morganatically) 05/05 1620 Elizabeth Ribbing, * 28/06 1597; † 24/04 1662; d Sevet Ribbing;
12.   child; † 20/07 1606;

Mistress Karin Nilsdotter; * 1551; † 1603;
illegitimate child :
13.   Carl Gyldenhielm = Karl Karlsson Gyllenhielm; admiral 1620; * 04/03 1574; † 17/03 1650;
039a 1584 - Catherine;
d(039); * 10/11 1584; † 13/12 1638;

Count Johann Casimir, Palatinate of Zweibrücken; * 20/04 1589; m 11/06 1615; † 18/06 1652;
children :
1.   Christina = Christine Magdalene; * 1616; † 1662;
   m(1) 1642 Margrave Friedrich VI of Baden-Durlach, 1617-1677;
     they got
     a) Margrave Friedrich VII Magnus of Baden-Durlach, 1647-1709;
     he got
       i) Albertine Frederikke;
       m Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, bishop of Lübeck † 1726;
       their son was Adolf Frederik and became Swedish King (047);
2.   Karl X Gustav, (042);
3.   Maria Euphrosyne; m Count Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie;
4.   Adolf Johan; Count of Zweibrücken-Cleeburg, general in the Swedish Army;
040 1594 1611-1632 Gustav II Adolf = Gustavus II Adolphus;
s(039); * 1594; † 16/11 1632 in the battle of Lützen;
Archduke of Finland from 1609;
Duke of Estonia from 1609;
King of Sweden from 30/10 1611;

Marie Eleonore; * 1599; † 1655; m 1620; d Johann Siegmund Hohenzollern, Elector of Brandenburg, † 1619, & Anna of Prussia, † 1625;
child :
1.   Christina (041);

Mistress;
illegitimate child :
2.   Gustav Gustavson, bishop of Osnabrück 1634-1648; Count of Wasaborg; † 1694;
041 1626 or
1629
1632-1654 Christina, Queen of Sweden;
d(040); * 1629; † 19/04 1689 in Rome;
Queen of Sweden from 17/11 1632; Of age 17/12 1644;
Abdicated 16/06 1654 to the benefit of her cousin (042);
Palatinate Dynasty = Pfalz-Zweibrücken / Wittelsbacher Dynasty
042 1622 1654-1660 Karl X Gustav = Charles X;
gs(039); s of Count Johann Kasimir & Katarina; * 1622; † 23/02 1660;
King of Sweden from 16/06 1654;

Hedevig Eleonora of Holstein = Hedwig; * 1636; † 1715; m 1654; d Duke Frederick III of H-G.;
child :
1.   Karl XI (043);
043 1655 1660-1697 Karl XI;
s(042); * 1655; † 15/04 1697;
King of sweden from 23/02 1660; Of age 1672;

Ulrikke Eleonora = Ulrica; * 11/9 1656; † 26/07 1693; m 06/05 1680; d Frederik III of Denmark;
children :
1.   Karl XII (044);
2.   Ulrika Eleonora = Ulrica Eleanor (045); * 1688; † 1711; m (046);
3.   Hedwig = Hedevig Sophia; * 1681; † 1708;
   m 1698 Duke Frederick IV of Holstein-Gottorp;
     they got
     a) Duke Carl Frederik of H-G; † 1739;
     m Anna; d Peter I of Russia;
044 1682 1697-1718 Karl XII;
s(043); * 17/06 1682; † 30/11 or 01/12 1718 in battle at Frederikshald Norway;
King of Sweden from 15/04 1697; Of age Nov. 1697;
045 1688 1718-1719 or
1718-1720
Ulrika Eleonora = Ulrica Eleanor;
d(043); * 1688; † 05/12 1741;
Queen of Sweden from 23/01 1719; announced queen 1718;
Abdicated 24/03 1720;

Margrave Frederick of Hesse-Kassel; (046); * 1676; † 1751; m 1715;
children :
1.   Frederik Vilhelm of Hessenstein; † after 1785;
2.   Carl Eduard of Hessenstein; † 1769;
046 1676 1720-1751 Frederick I of Hesse-Kassel = Adolf Frederik af Sverige = Frederik I;
s Landgraf Karl von Hessen & Marie Amalie von Kurland; * 1676; † 05/04 1751;
Margrave of Hesse-Cassel from 1730;
King of Sweden from 24/3 1720;

Ulrika Eleonora (045); * 1688; † 1741; m 1715;
children :
1.   Frederik Vilhelm of Hessenstein; † after 1785;
2.   Carl Eduard of Hessenstein; † 1769;
Holstein-Gottorp Dynasty
047 1710 1751-1771 Adolf Frederick = Adolf Frederik;
s Duke Christian August of Gottorp, † 1726-04-24, & Albertine Frederikke, † 1726; * 1710; † 12/02 1771;
King of Sweden from 05/04 1751;

Lovisa Ulrika = Louisa Ulrika; * 24/7 1720; m 17/7 1744; † 2/7 1782; d Frederick Wilhelm I of Preussen;
children :
The couples first child was stillborn 1745;
1.   Gustav III (048); * 1746; † 1792;
2.   Karl XIII (050); * 1748; † 1818;
3.   Frederik Adolf = Frederick Adolphus, Duke of Östergötland; * 1750; † 1803;
4.   Sofie Albertina = Sophia Albertine; * 1753; † 1829;
048 1746 1771-1792 Gustav III = Gustavus;
s(047); * 1746; † 29/03 1792 murdered;
King of Sweden from 12/02 1771;

Sofie Magdalene = Sophie Magdalen; * 03/07 1746; † 21/08 1813; m 01/10 1766; d Frederik V of Denmark;
children :
1.   Gustav IV Adolf (049);
2.   Carl Gustaf;
049 1778 1792-1809 Gustav IV Adolf = Gustavus IV Adolphus;
s(048); * 1778; † 07/02 1837 in Switzerland;
King of Sweden from 29/03 1792; Of age 01/11 1796;
Deposed 13/03 1809;

Friederike von Baden = Frederica = Frederikke Dorothea Wilhelmine; * 1781; † 1826; m 1797; div. 1812; d Margrave Charles Frederick of Baden = Karl Ludvig;
children :
1.   Gustav av Vasa; * 1799; † 1877;
   m 1830 Luise von Baden, 1811-1854; divorced 1844;
2.   Sophie Wilhelmine; * 1801; † 1865;
   m 1819 Leopold von Baden, 1790-1852;
3.   Amalia; * 1805; † 1853;
4.   Cecilia; * 1807; † 1844;
   m Paul Frederik August von Oldenburg, 1783-1853;
049a 1799 - Gustav, Prince of Vasa;
s(049); * 1799; † 1877;

Luise von Baden; * 1811; † 1854; m 1830; divorced 1844;
child :
1.   Caroline; * 1833; † 1907;
   m 1853 King Albert of Saxony, 1828-1902;
050 1748 1809-1818 Karl XIII;
s(047); * 1748; † 05/02 1818;
King of Sweden from 20/06 1809;
King of Norway from 1814;

Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotta; * 1759; † 1818; m 1774; d Duke Frederik Augustus of Oldenburg;
no children ;

Adopted two sons:
1.   Christian, Crown Prince of Sweden from 1809; † 1810; natural son of Duke Frederik Christian I of Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg;
2.   Karl XIV (051); Crown Prince of Sweden from 1810; natural son of Henry Bernadotte and Joan of St. Jean;
Bernadotte Dynasty
051 1763 or
1764
1818-1844 Karl XIV Johan = Johan Baptist Julius Bernadotte, Marshal Bernadotte, Prince of Pontecorvo;
s Henri Bernadotte, 1711-1780, & Jeanne Saint-Jean de Boeuil, 1725-1809; * 1763 or 1764; † 08/03 1844;
Adopted by King Karl XIII;
Crown Prince of Sweden from 1810;
King of Sweden from 05/02 1818;
King of Norway from 05/02 1818;

Eugenie Desideria = Désirée; * 1777; † 1860; d Francois Clary & Rose Francoise Somis, 1737-1815;
child :
1.   Oscar I (052);
052 1799 1844-1859 Oscar I;
s(051); * 1799; † 08/07 1859;
King of Sweden from 08/03 1844;
King of Norway from 08/03 1844;

Josephine; * 1807; † 1876; m 1823 d Duke Eugene Beauharnois of Leuchtenberg, 1781-1824, & Amalie August;
children :
1.   Karl XV (053); * 1826;
2.   Frans Gustavus, Duke of Upland; * 1827; † 1852;
3.   Oscar II (054); * 1829;
4.   Eugenie; * 1830; † 1889;
5.   Nicolaus August Bernadotte, Duke of Dalarne; * 24/08 1831; † 04/03 1873;
   m Therese Amalie Karoline etc.; * 21/12 1836;  09/11 1914;
   d Eduard Karl Wilhelm Christian von Hildburghausen, Prince of Saxe-Altenberg (Tysk.SA-050-12-a); * 03/07 1804; †16/05 1852;

053 1826 1859-1872 Karl XV = Charles XV;
s(052); * 03/05 1826; † 18/09 1872;
King of Sweden from 08/07 1859;
King of Norway from 1859;

Wilhelmina Lovisa; * 05/08 1828; † 30/03 1871; m 19/06 1850 d Friedrich von Preussen, Prince of the Netherlands;
children :
1.   Lovisa = Louise; * 1849;
   m Frederik VIII of Denmark (Dk 146);
2.   Carl; * 1851; † 1926;
054 1829 1872-1907 Oscar II;
s(052); * 1829; † 08/12 1907;
King of Sweden from 18/09 1872;
King of Norway from 1872;

ID=054 NOT UPDATED SINCE 2014.

Sophia Wilhelmina; * 1836; † 1913; m 1857 d Duke William I = Guillaume I of Nassau, 1792-1839, and Pauline;
children :
1.   Gustav V (055); * 1858; † 1950;

2.   Oskar, Count Bernadotte of Visborg; Duke of Gotland; * 1859; † 1953;
     m 1888 Ebba Munck * 1858; † 1946; d Charles Munck of Fulkila; they got
     a) Folke Bernadotte, Count of Visborg, 1895-1948;

3.   Carl = Charles, Duke of Västergötland; * 1861; † 1951;
     m 1897 Ingeborg, 1878-1958; d Frederik VIII (Dk146); they got
     a) Margaretha = Margaret; * 1899; † 1977;
     m Axel of Denmark (Dk145-6a), 1888-1964;
     b) Märtha = Martha; * 1901; † 1954;
     m Olav V of Norway (Nor.038);
     c) Astrid; * 1905; † 1935;
     m 1926 King Leopold III (Bel.D05);
     d) Carl = Charles, Duke of Östergötland, Prince Bernadotte; * 1911;
     m(1) 1937 Elsa, * 1904, d Count Eugen of Rosen, divorced 1951;
     m(2) 1954 Anne, * 1921, d Charles Larsson;

4.   Eugen; * 1865; † 1947; no children;
055 1858 1907-1950 Gustav V;
s(054); * 1858; † 29/10 1950;
King of Sweden from 08/12 1907;

ID=055 NOT UPDATED SINCE 2014.

Victoria; * 1862; † 1930; d Grandduke Frederick I of Baden and Louise of Prussia;
children:
1.   Gustav VI Adolf (056); * 1882;

2.   Wilhelm = William, Duke of Södermanland; * 1884; † 1965;
     m 1908 Maria Pavlowna, 1890-1958; d Grandduke Paul of Russia; divorced 1914; they got
     a) Duke Lennart of Småland, Count Bernadotte, * 1909; m Karin, * 1911; d Sven Nissvandt;
3.   Erik, Duke of Västmanland; * 1899; † 1918;
056 1882 1950-1973 Gustav VI Adolf;
s(055); * 1882; † 15/09 1973;
King of Sweden from 29/10 1950;

ID=056 NOT UPDATED SINCE 2014.

Margareta; * 1882; m(1) 1905; † 1920;
d Duke Arthur of Connaught, 1850-1942, & Louise of Prussia;
children :
1.   Gustaf Adolf; * 1906; † 1947; Duke of Västerbotten;
   m 1932 Sibylle; * 1908;
   d Duke Karl Eduard of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, 1884-1954,
   & Viktoria Adelheid of Glücksburg, 1885-1970;
     they got:
     a) Margaretha; * 1934;
     m 1964 John Ambler, * 1924; † 2008;
     b) Birgitta; * 1937;
     m 1961 Johan Georg, Prince of Hohenzollern;
     c) Désirée, * 1938;
     m 1964 Nicholas Silfversschiöld, * 1934;
     d) Christina; * 1943;
     m 1974 Tord Magnusson, * 1941;
     e) Karl XVI Gustav (057); * 1946;

2.   Sigvard Bernadotte; * 1907;
3.   Ingrid; * 1910; † 7/11 2001;
   m Frederik IX of denmark;
4.   Bertil; * 1912; † 07/01 1997;
   m 07/12 1976 Lilian, Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Halland; * 30/08 1915;
5.   Carl Johan; * 1916;

Loiuse; * 1889; m(2) 1923; † 1965;
d Louis A. Mountbatten, M. of Milford Haven, 1854-1912, & Victoria;
no children ;
057 1946 1973- Karl XVI Gustav = Charles XVI Gustavus;
gs(056); s (056-1e); * 30/04 1946;
King of Sweden from 15/09 1973;

ID=057 NOT UPDATED SINCE 2014.

Silvia = Sylvia Sommerlath; * 23/12 1944; m 19/07 1976; d Walther Sommerlath;
children :
1.   Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée, Crown Princess from 1980; * 14/07 1977;
   m 19/06 2010 Olof Daniel Westling; * 15/09 1973.
   promoted from the wedding day to:
   Olof Daniel Westling Bernadotte, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland;
   they got:
     a) Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Duchess of Östergötland; * 23/02 2012;
2.   Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine = Magdalen,
   Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland; * 10/06 1982;
   m 8/6 2013 Christopher O'Neill; * 27/6 1974;
   they got:
     a) Leonore Lillian Maria, Duchess of Götland; * 21/2 2014;
3.   Carl Philip Edmund Bertil = Charles Philip, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Värmland, * 13/05 1979;
 



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