Cecilia Månsdotter

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Cecilia Månsdotter, wife of Erik Johansson (Vasa) and mother of Gustav Eriksson (Vasa), was born around 1476 in Eka, Lillkyrka or what is now known as Eka, Örebro (Swedish: Örebro Län) in Sweden. She was the oldest of the two children from Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Baner) and Magnus Karlsson (Eka). She married Erik Johansson and with him had eight children. Their children were:

1. Gustav Eriksson (Vasa) (May 12, 1495 - September 29, 1560)

• Gustav Eriksson would become King of Sweden in 1523

1. Margareta Eriksdotter (Vasa) (1497 - December 31, 1536)
2. Johan Eriksson (b. 1499, d. young)
3. Magnus Eriksson (1501 - 1529)
4. Anna Eriksdotter (1503 - 1545)
5. Birgitta Eriksdotter (b. 1505, d. young)
6. Marta Eriksdotter (1507 - 1523)
7. Emerentia Eriksdotter (1507 - 1523)

All of their children were born in either Orkesta or Rydboholm, in the present-day county of Stockholm (Swedish: Stockholms Län), in southeastern Sweden. She died in 1523 in Blaatornet, Copenhagen, Denmark.

[edit] See also

• House of Vasa List
• Foundation of modern Sweden
• Line of succession to the Swedish Throne
• Kalmar Union
• Swedish History

[edit] References

• Ahnlund, Nils. Gustav Adolf the Great. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1940.

Persondata
NAME	Månsdotter, Cecilia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Mother of Gustav Eriksson (Vasa)
DATE OF BIRTH	1476
PLACE OF BIRTH	Eka, Lillkyrka, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH	1523
PLACE OF DEATH	Stockholm, Sweden