Prince Gustav of Sweden

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This detail comes from an 1870s glass painting by Wladimir Swertschkoff in the Cathedral of Turku pictures Karin Månsdotter "rejecting the crown". At her side are the two children Sigrid Eriksdotter Vasa and Gustav Eriksson Vasa.

  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

Prince Gustav of Sweden, or Gustav Eriksson Vasa who was born January 28, 1568 and died in February 1607, was a Swedish prince and the son of king Eric XIV of Sweden and Karin Månsdotter.

Gustav was sent outside of Sweden in 1575, to protect him from King John who feared that the supporters of Eric would try to benefit his son with the crown. Gustav came to Poland where he lived in poverty and despair. At some time during his stay he became a Catholic. He married Brita PERSSON KARTH. They had 4 children, Eric, Lars, Carl Gustafsson and Catharina Gustafsdotter.

Ivan IV of Russia attempted to persuade Gustav to help him in his political ambitions around the Baltic, but the attempts (which included both promises and several years imprisonment) failed. Gustav Eriksson Vasa died around February 22, 1607 in the small city of Kashin, Russia.

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