Catharina of Sweden

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  Swedish Royalty
  House of Vasa

Gustav I Parents    Erik Johansson, Cecilia Månsdotter Children    Eric XIV, John III, Catherine, Cecilia, Magnus, Anna Maria, Sophia, Elizabeth, Charles IX Eric XIV Children    Sigrid, Gustav John III Children    Sigismund, Anna, John Sigismund Children    Władysław IV, John II Casimir, John Albert, Charles Ferdinand, Alexander Charles, Anna Catherine Constance Charles IX Children    Catherine, Gustav II Adolf, Maria Elizabeth, Christina, Charles Philip Grandson    Charles X Gustav Gustav II Adolf Children    Christina Christina

Princess Catherine of Sweden (Prinsessan Katarina) (November 10, 1584 – December 13, 1638) was the daughter of Charles IX of Sweden and his first wife Anna Maria of Palatinate-Simmern. Katarina kyrka in Stockholm is named after her.

On June 11, 1615, she married count palatine John Casimir of Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Five of their children survived infancy:

• Christina Magdalena (1616–1662); married Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. King Adolf Frederick of Sweden was her great-grandson
• King Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622–1660)
• Maria Eufrosyne (1625–1687); married Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
• Eleonora Catherine (1626–1692); married Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege
• Adolf John (1629–1689)

[edit] Ancestors

Catherine of Sweden's ancestors in three generations

									Erik Johansson (Vasa)
						Gustav I of Sweden (Vasa)
									Cecilia Månsdotter (Eka)
			Charles IX of Sweden (Vasa)
									Erik Abrahamsson (Leijonhufvud)
						Margaret Leijonhufvud
									Ebba Eriksdotter (Vasa)
Catherine of Sweden
									Frederick III, Elector Palatine
						Louis VI, Elector Palatine
									Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
			Anna Marie of the Palatine
									Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
						Elisabeth of Hesse
									Christine of Saxony