On This Day: Swedish Royal Family

[JR76]

Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

Sadly his mother Katarina of Saxe-Lauenburg died before Erik was 2 year old having suffered a fall while pregnant.

The king then married Margaret Leijonhufvud in 1536.

A later disproven rumour at the time was that Queen Katarina had been murdered with a hammer by her husband in a fit of rage.

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by JR76

A later disproven rumour at the time was that Queen Katarina had been murdered with a hammer by her husband in a fit of rage.

Yes that's true as her remains were exhumed and examined in the 1940's and the results disproved these rumours.

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, January 15, 1882 ~ Birth of Princess Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden, spouse of the future King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden at Bagshot Park in Surrey, England

On this day, January 21, 1829 ~ Birth of King Oscar II of Sweden at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden

On this day, January 23, 1688 ~ Birth of Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden at Stockholm Palace in Stockholm, Sweden

On this day, January 26, 1763 ~ Birth of King Carl XIV Johan of Sweden (Jean Baptiste Bernadotte) in Pau, France

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, February 5, 1818 ~ Demise of King Charles XIII of Sweden at the Royal Palace of Stockholm