List of Swedish monarchs
House of Vasa
House of Vasa House of Wittelsbach House of Oldenburg

List of Swedish monarchs

Section Title: House of Vasa
Table Section Text: House of Vasa House of Wittelsbach House of Oldenburg

Name	Portrait	Birth	Marriages	Death

Gustav I (Gustav Vasa) 6 June 1523 – 29 September 1560 also as regent Gustav Eriksson (Vasa), 1521–1523	-	Rydboholm Castle or Lindholmen in Uppland, 12 May 1496 son of Erik Johansson and Cecilia Månsdotter	(1) Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg House of Ascania(2) Margaret House of Leijonhufvud(3) Catherine House of Stenbock	Tre Kronor (castle), 29 September 1560, aged 64, buried in Uppsala Cathedral

Eric XIV (Erik XIV) 29 September 1560 – 29 September 1568	-	Tre Kronor (castle), 13 December 1533 son of Gustav I and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg	Karin Månsdotter	Died (Poisoned) while imprisoned in Örbyhus Castle, 26 February 1577. Aged 43, buried at Västerås Cathedral

John III (Johan III) 30 September 1568 – 17 November 1592	-	Stegeborg Castle, Östergötland, 20 December 1537 son of Gustav I and Margaret Leijonhufvud	(1) Catherine of Poland House of Jagiello(2) Gunilla House of Bielke	Tre Kronor (castle), 17 November 1592, aged 54, buried at Uppsala Cathedral

Sigmund (Sigismund) 17 November 1592 – 24 July 1599	Bacciarelli - Zygmunt III.jpeg	Gripsholm Castle, 20 June 1566, son of John III and Catherine Jagellonica of Poland.	(1) Anne of Austria House of Habsburg(2, after his Swedish reign) Constance of Austria House of Habsburg	Warsaw, Poland, 30 April 1632, aged 65, buried at Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland

Charles IX (Karl IX) 22 March 1604 – 30 October 1611 also as regent Duke Charles, 1599–1604	-	Tre Kronor (castle), 4 October 1550 son of Gustav I and Margaret Leijonhufvud	(1, before his reign) Maria of Palatinate-Simmern House of Wittelsbach	Nyköping Castle, 30 October 1611, aged 61, buried at Strängnäs Cathedral

(2) Christina of Holstein-Gottorp House of Oldenburg

Gustavus Adolphus the Great (Gustav II Adolph, Gustav II Adolf, "Gustav Adolf den Store", Lion of the North) 30 October 1611 – 6 November 1632	-	Tre Kronor (castle), 9 December 1594, son of Charles IX and Christina of Holstein-Gottorp.	Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg House of Hohenzollern	6 November 1632, in the Battle of Lützen, Electorate of Saxony, aged 37, buried in Riddarholmen Church

Christina (Kristina) 6 November 1632 – 6 June 1654	-	Stockholm, 8 December 1626, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus and Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg	None	Rome, 19 April 1689, aged 62, buried at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Sentence(s)

John III (Johan III) (20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1568 until his death.

final_sentence: John III (Johan III) (20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1568 until his death.