1559 in Sweden
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Years: | 1556 1557 1558 1559 1560 1561 1562 |
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Events from the year 1559 in Sweden
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 11 September - Duke John is sent to England to negotiate the wedding between Queen Elizabeth and Prince Erik.
- 13 December - Wedding between Princess Catherine and Edzard II, Count of East Frisia. A great scandal takes place when Princess Cecilia of Sweden and Johan II of East Frisia is discovered to have an illegal sexual relationship, known as Vadstenabullret.[1]
- - The king and his sons make a solemn entry in to the capital.
Births
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- 1 January - Virginia Eriksdotter, illegitimate royal daughter (died 1633)
- Margareta Brahe, courtier (died 1638)
Deaths
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- January - Christina Gyllenstierna, national heroine (died 1497)
- January - Christian II of Denmark and Sweden (born 1481)
References
[edit]- ^ Karin Tegenborg Falkdalen (2010). Vasadöttrarna (The Vasa Daughters). Falun: Historiska Media. ISBN 978-91-85873-87-6 (In Swedish)