1609 in Sweden

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Queen Catherine may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gustaf Otto Stenbock</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magnus Stenbock</span> Swedish noble (1664–1717)

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Catherine Stenbock</span> Queen consort of Sweden

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Klaus Fleming</span> Member of Swedish nobility

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Helsingborg</span> 1710 battle of the Great Northern War in Helsingborg, Sweden

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Martha Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud, known as Kung Märta, was a politically-active Swedish noblewoman. She was the sister of Queen Margaret Leijonhufvud and sister-in-law of King Gustav I of Sweden: she was also the maternal aunt of Queen Catherine Stenbock and the daughter-in-law of the regent Christina Gyllenstierna. In 1568, she financed the deposition of King Eric XIV of Sweden, which placed her nephew John III of Sweden on the throne.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sigrid Banér</span>

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Princess Catherine may refer to:

References

  1. Tegenborg Falkdalen, Karin, Vasadrottningen: en biografi över Katarina Stenbock 1535-1621 [The Vasa Queen: A biography of Catherine Stenbock, 1535-1621], Historiska media, Lund, 2015