Vasa
Vasa
This family, whose members would eventually come to found Swedens most important royal family, had its original estates in Uppland. The first known member is Nils Kettilsson, known 1355-1378, a bailiff and county district governor, married Kristina Jonsdotter (Rickebyätten), and had issue as follows.
1. Ramborg, known 1376-1415, married Tord Röriksson (Bonde).
2. Ingeborg, known 1376.
3. Kristiern Nilsson, known 1396, died 1442, knight, castellan and county district governor, married 1stly Margareta Johansdotter Moltke; married 2ndly Margareta Eriksdotter (Krummedige).
3.1. Kristina, died 1430:s, married 1stly Karl Stensson (blad); married 2ndly Bengt Jönsson (Oxenstierna).
3.2. Karl Kristiernsson, known 1427, died 1440, castellan, councillor of the realm, married Ebba Eriksdotter (Krummedige).
3.2.1. Kettil Karlsson, born about 1433, died 1465, bishop, governor of Sweden.
3.2.2. Johan Karlsson, known 1451, died 1461, knight.
3.2.3. Beata Karlsdotter, married 1454, married Bo Nilsson (Grip).
3.2.4. Margareta Karlsdotter, known 1455, died 1460.
3.2.5. Erik Karlsson, knwon 1458, died 1491, castellan, married 1stly Iliana Nilsdotter (Oxenstierna); married 2ndly Anna Karlsdotter (Vinstorpaätten III).
3.2.5.1. Karl, died young.
3.2.5.2. Johan, died young.
3.2.5.3. Margareta, died 1561, married 1515, married 1stly Erik Knutsson (Tre Rosor); married 2ndly Bernt van Mehlen.
3.2.5.4. Ebba, died 1549, married 1512, married Erik Abrahamsson (Leijonhufvud).
3.3. Johan Kristiernsson, known 1444, died 6 April 1447, knight, county district governor, councillor of the realm, married 1stly Birgitta Gustavsdotter (Sture); married 2ndly Birgitta Tordsdotter (Bonde).
3.3.1. 4 sons, died young.
3.3.2. Kristiern Johansson, known 1478, died about or before 1497, castellan, councillor of the realm, married Dorotea Knutsdotter (Banér).
3.3.2.1. Gustaf Kristiernsson, known 1504-1513.
3.3.2.2. Märta, known 1562.
3.3.2.3. Birgitta, known 1526-1566, married 1stly Didrik N. N.; married 2ndly Mats Persson (bailiff).
3.3.3. Erik Johansson, known 1487, knight, county district governor, executed at the Stockholm bloodbath 8 November 1520, married Cecilia Magnusdotter (Eka).
3.3.3.1. Birgitta, died young.
3.3.3.2. king Gustaf I (Gustaf Eriksson) of Sweden, born about 1496, died 29 September 1560, married 1stly 24 September 1531 Katharina von Sachsen-Lauenburg (born 1513, died 23 September 1535, daughter of count Magnus I von Sachsen-Lauenburg); married 2ndly 1 October 1536 Margareta Leijonhufvud (born 1 January 1514, died 26 August 1551); married 3rdly 22 August 1552 Catharina Stenbock (born 22 July 1536, died 13 December 1621).
3.3.3.2.1. king Erik XIV of Sweden, born 13 December 1533, died 26 February 1577, married 4 July 1568 Katarina Månsdotter (born about 16 October 1566, died 13 September 1612 at Liuksala farm, Finland, buried Åbo cathedral, daughter of the commoner Måns and his wife Ingrid). He also had illegitimate issue.
3.3.3.2.1.1. Henrik Eriksson, died 24 April 1633.
3.3.3.2.1.2. Sigrid Eriksdotter, born 16 October 1566, married 1stly 1597 Henrik Claesson Tott (died about 1603); married 2ndly 10 September 1609 Nils Natt och Dag (born 1554, died 12 April 1613).
3.3.3.2.1.3. Gustaf Eriksson, born 28 January 1568, died 22 February 1607.
3.3.3.2.1.4. Henrik Eriksson, born 24 January 1570, died 1574.
3.3.3.2.1.5. Arnold Eriksson, born 1 November 1572, died young.
3.3.3.2.1.6. *illeg. by Agda Persdotter* Virginia Eriksdotter, born 1 January 1559 at Kalmar castle, died 1633, married 1586 Håkan Knutsson (Hand).
3.3.3.2.1.7. *illeg. by Agda Persdotter* Constantia Eriksdotter, about 14 June 1560 at Stockholm, died 24 January 1649, married about 13 January 1594 Henrik Frankelin (died 1610).
3.3.3.2.1.8. ?? *illeg.* Margareta Eriksdotter, married 1592 Olov Simonsson, vicar of Horn. Her ancestry is highly dubious.
3.3.3.2.2. king Johan III of Sweden, born 21 December 1537 at Stegeborg, died 17 November 1592, married 1stly 4 October 1562 Katarina (died 16 November 1583, daughter of king Sigismund I of Poland); married 2ndly 21 February 1585 at Västerås Gunilla Bielke (born 25 June 1568, died 25 June 1597).
3.3.3.2.2.1. *by 1* Isabella, born 1564, died 1566.
3.3.3.2.2.2. *by 1* king Sigismund III of Sweden (and Poland), born 20 June 1566, died 30 April 1632, married 1stly 31 May 1592 Anna of Austria (born 16 August 1573, died 10 February 1598, daughter of Archduke Karl of Austria); married 2ndly 11 December 1605 Konstanze of Austria (born 24 December 1588, died 10 July 1631, sister of the above, daughter of Archduke Karl of Austria).
3.3.3.2.2.2.1. *by 1* Anna Marie, born 23 May 1593, died 9 February 1600.
3.3.3.2.2.2.2. *by 1* Katharina, born 9 May 1594, died 5 June 1594.
3.3.3.2.2.2.3. *by 1* king Vladislav IV Sigismund of Poland, born 9 June 1595, died 19 May 1648, married 1stly 13 September 1637 Cecilia Renate (born 16 July 1611, died 24 March 1644, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II); married 2ndly 10 March 1646 Louise Marie Gonzaga (born 18 August 1611, died 10 May 1667, daughter of duke Karl I of Mantua).
3.3.3.2.2.2.3.1. *by 1* Kasimir Sigismund, born 1 April 1640, died 9 August 1647.
3.3.3.2.2.2.4. *by 1* Katharina, born 27 November 1596, died 11 June 1597.
3.3.3.2.2.2.5. *by 1* Christoffer, born & died 10 February 1598.
3.3.3.2.2.2.6. *by 2* Johan Kasimir, born 25 December 1607, died 14 January 1608.
3.3.3.2.2.2.7. *by 2* king Johan Kasimir of Poland, born 22 May 1609, died 16 December 1672, married 29 May 1649 Louise Marie Gonzaga (born 18 August 1611, died 10 May 1667, daughter of duke Karl I of Mantua).
3.3.3.2.2.2.7.1. Marie Theresia, born 21 July 1650, died 8 August 1651.
3.3.3.2.2.2.7.2. a son, born and died 1652.
3.3.3.2.2.2.8. *by 2* cardinal Johan Albert, born 25 May 1612, bishop of Krakow, died 22 December 1634.
3.3.3.2.2.2.9. *by 2* Karl Ferdinand, born 13 October 1613, died 9 May 1655, bishop of Breslau.
3.3.3.2.2.2.10. *by 2* Alexander Karl, born 4 November 1614, died 19 November 1634.
3.3.3.2.2.2.11. *by 2* Anna Constance, born 26 January 1616, died 24 May 1616.
3.3.3.2.2.2.12. *by 2* Anna Catharina Constance, born 7 August 1619, died 8 October 1651, married 8 June 1642 count palatine Philip Wilhelm von Pfalz (born 27 November 1615, died 2 September 1690).
3.3.3.2.2.3. *by 1* Anna, born 17 May 1568, died 26 February 1625.
3.3.3.2.2.4. *by 2* duke Johan af Östergötland, born 18 April 1589, died 5 March 1618, married 29 November 1612 Maria Elisabet (born 10 March 1596, died 7 August 1618, daughter of king Karl IX of Sweden, see below).
3.3.3.2.2.5. *illeg. by Karin Hansdotter* Sofia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm, born about 1556, died 10 March 1640 at Steninge, married 14 January 1580 at Vadstena castle baron Pontus de la Gardie (born 1520, died 1585).
3.3.3.2.2.6. *illeg. by Karin Hansdotter* Julius Johansson Gyllenhielm, born 1560, died 1581.
3.3.3.2.2.7. *illeg. by Karin Hansdotter* Lucretia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm, died 3 January 1585.
3.3.3.2.3. *by 2* Katarina, born 6 June 1539, died 21 December 1610, married 1 October 1559 count Edvard II von Ostfriesland (born 24 June 1532, died 1 March 1599).
3.3.3.2.4. *by 2* Cecilia, born 6 November 1540, died 27 January 1627, married 11 November 1564 margrave Christoffer von Baden (born 26 February 1537, died 2 August 1575).
3.3.3.2.5. *by 2* duke Magnus af Östergötland, born 25 August 1542, died 21 June 1595.
3.3.3.2.6. *by 2* Karl, born & died 1544.
3.3.3.2.7. *by 2* Anna Maria, born 9 June 1545, died 3 March 1610, married 12 December 1562 count palatine Georg Johann von Veldenz (born 11 April 1543, died 26 March 1592).
3.3.3.2.8. *by 2* Sten, born 1546, died 1549.
3.3.3.2.9. *by 2* Sofie, born 29 October 1547, died 3 March 1611, married 4 July 1568 duke Magnus von Sachsen-Lauenburg (born 1543, died 14 May 1603).
3.3.3.2.10. *by 2* Elisabet, born 4 April 1549, died 12 November 1597, married 14 May 1581 duke Christof von Mecklenburg (born 30 June 1537, died 4 March 1592).
3.3.3.2.11. *by 2* king Karl IX of Sweden, born 4 October 1550, died 30 October 1611, married 1stly 11 May 1579 Marie von der Pfalz (born 24 July 1561, died 29 July 1589, daughter of prince Ludwig VI von der Pfalz); married 2ndly 27 August 1592 Christine von Holstein-Gottorp (born 13 April 1573, died 8 December 1625, daughter of duke Adolf von Holstein-Gottorp).
3.3.3.2.11.1. *by 1* Margareta Elisabet, born 24 September 1580, died 26 August 1585.
3.3.3.2.11.2. *by 1* Elisabet Sabine, born 12 March 1582, died 6 July 1585.
3.3.3.2.11.3. *by 1* Ludwig, born 17 March 1583, died 26 May 1583.
3.3.3.2.11.4. *by 1* Katarina, born 19 November 1584, died 13 December 1638, married 11 June 1615 count palatine Johann Kasimir von Zweibrücken (born 10 April 1589, died 8 June 1652).
3.3.3.2.11.5. *by 1* Gustaf, born 12 June 1587, died 4 December 1587.
3.3.3.2.11.6. *by 1* Marie, born 18 December 1588, died 24 April 1589.
3.3.3.2.11.7. *by 1* Kristina, born 26 November 1593, died 25 May 1594.
3.3.3.2.11.8. *by 2* king Gustaf II Adolf (Gustavus Adolfus), born 19 December 1594, killed at the battle of Lützen 16 November 1632, married 5 December 1620 Maria Eleonora (born 11 November 1599, died 28 March 1655, daughter of prince Johann SIgismund von Brandenburg).
3.3.3.2.11.8.1. Kristina, born 16 October 1623, died 21 September 1624.
3.3.3.2.11.8.2. queen Kristina of Sweden, born 8 December 1628, died 9 April 1689, abdicated 1654 because of her faith and lived out her life in Rome.
3.3.3.2.11.9. *by 2* Maria Elisabet, born 10 March 1596, died 7 August 1618, married 29 November 1612 duke Johan af Östergötland (see above, born 18 April 1589, died 5 March 1618).
3.3.3.2.11.10. *by 2* duke Karl Filip af Södermanland, born 22 April 1601, died 15 January 1622, married 5 March 1620 Elisabet Ribbing (born 28 June 1597, died 24 April 1662).
3.3.3.2.11.11. *illeg. by Karin Nilsdotter* baron Karl Karlsson Gyllenhielm, born 1 March 1574 at Nyköping, died 17 March 1650 at Karlberg, married 1615 Kristina Ribbing (born 5 August 1593, died 19 January 1656).
3.3.3.2.11.11.1. a daughter, born 1626, died young.
3.3.3.3. Margareta, died 1536, married 1stly Joakim Brahe; married 2ndly Johann von Hoya.
3.3.3.4. Magnus, died young.
3.3.3.5. Märta, died 1520:s.
3.3.3.6. Johan, died young.
3.3.3.7. Emerentia, died 1520:s.
3.3.3.8. Anna, died young.
3.3.4. Katarina, born 1472, died 1472.
3.3.5. Margareta, born 1472, died 1472.
3.3.6. Anna, died 1506, married Ture Jönsson (Tre Rosor).
3.4. Birgitta, died between 1472 and 1474, married 1stly 1446 Erik Turesson (Bielke); married 2ndly Claus Rönnow.
3.5. Nils Kristiernsson, known 1448, died 1464, knight, castellan, councillor of the realm, married Birgitta Nilsdotter (Oxenstierna).
3.5.1. Kristiern, died young.
3.5.2. Karin, died young.
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