Key facts
- Tenure
- 30 September 1568 – 16 September 1583
- Born
- 1 November 1526, Kraków , Poland
- Died
- 16 September 1583 (1583-09-16) (aged 56), Stockholm , Sweden
- Burial
- Uppsala Cathedral , Sweden
- Spouse
- John III of Sweden ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1562 )
- Issue
- Isabella Vasa Sigismund III Vasa Anna Vasa of Sweden
- Dynasty
- Jagiellon
- Father
- Sigismund I of Poland
- Mother
- Bona Sforza
- Religion
- Roman Catholicism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Catherine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Place of birth
- Kraków
- Place of death
- Stockholm
- Spouse
- John III of Sweden
- Father
- Sigismund I the Old
- Mother
- Bona Sforza
- Occupation
- queen regnant
- Native language
- Polish
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Family
- Jagiellonian dynasty
- Noble title
- duke
- Image
- Cranach the Younger Catherine Jagiellon.jpg
- Work location
- Turku
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- described by source
- Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
- place of burial
- Uppsala Cathedral
- Commons category
- Catherine Jagiellon
- date of death
- 1583-11-16
- name in native language
- Katarzyna Jagiellonka
- date of birth
- 1526-11-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Catherine Jagiellon (Polish: Katarzyna Jagiellonka; Swedish: Katarina Jagellonica, Lithuanian: Kotryna Jogailaitė; 1 November 1526 – 16 September 1583) was a princess of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III. Catherine had significant influence over state affairs during the reign of her spouse. She negotiated with the pope to introduce Counter-Reformation in Sweden. She was the mother of Sigismund III Vasa.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Catherine Jagellon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.