Princess Cecilia of Sweden

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  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

Cecilia of Sweden, also Cecilia Vasa (Stockholm, November 16, 1540 - 1627), was Princess of Sweden and daughter of King Gustav I and Queen Margareta Leijonhufvud.

She married Christoph, Marquess of Baden-Rodemachern (1537 - 1575).

During her life she traveled to England in an attempt to convice Queen Elizabeth I to marry her brother King Eric XIV. While there she delivered her first child, Edward.

Edward was a fifth generation maternal ancestor of Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, Ludwig Eugen, Duke of Württemberg and Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg.

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• Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (1906), Cecilia. [1]