Catharina of Sweden

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Catalina Vasa, retratada por Jacob Heinrich Elbfas.
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Catalina Vasa, retratada por Jacob Heinrich Elbfas.
  Swedish Royalty
  House of Vasa

Gustav I
Parents
   Erik Johansson (Vasa), Cecilia Månsdotter
Children
   Eric, John, Catherine, Cecilia, Magnus, Anna, Sofia, Elizabeth, Charles
Eric XIV
Children
   Sigrid, Gustav
John III
Children
   Sigismund, Princess Anna, John
Sigismund
Children
   Władysław IV, John II Casimir, John Albert, Charles Ferdinand, Alexander Charles, Anna Catherine Konstantia
Charles IX
Children
   Catherine, Gustav Adolf, Maria Elizabeth, Christina, Carl Philip
Grandson
   Charles X Gustav
Gustav II Adolf
Children
   Christina
Christina

Princess Catherine of Sweden (Prinsessan Katarina) (November 10, 1584December 13, 1638) was the daughter of Charles IX of Sweden. Katarina kyrka in Stockholm is named after her.

On June 11, 1615, she married count palatine John Casimir of Pfalz-Zweibrücken. Five of their children survived infancy:

  1. Christina Magdalena (16161662)
  2. Charles Gustav (16221660)
  3. Maria Eufrosyne (16251687)
  4. Eleonora Catherine (16261692)
  5. Adolf John (16291689)
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