Gustav I of Sweden

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Gustav Vasa

Reign	From June 6, 1523 - until September 29, 1560 Regency from August, 1521.
Coronation	January 12, 1528
Royal motto	"Omnis potestas a Deo est" ("All power is of God")
Queens	Catherine of Saxony-Lauenburg Margareta Leijonhufvud Katarina Stenbock
Royal House	Vasa
Predecessor	Christian II of Sweden
Successor	Eric XIV of Sweden
Date of Birth	Probably May 12, 1496
Place of Birth	Lindesholm, Uplandia
Date of Death	September 29, 1560
Place of Death	Stockholm, Sweden
Place of Burial	Uppsala Cathedral, Uppsala

Gustav I of Sweden, Gustav Vasa or Gustav Eriksson Vasa (1496 - 1560), became the king of Sweden in 1523 and he was the first monarch of the house of Vasa. He became the regent of Sweden in 1521 after leading the rebellion against the sitting monarch of the Kalmar Union. He also introduced Protestantism in Sweden.

Gustav's first wife was Catherine of Saxony-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg (1513-1535), whom he maried on September 24, 1531. They had a son:

1. Eric XIV (1533-1577)

On October 1, 1536 he married his second wife Margareta Leijonhufvud (1514 - 1551). Their children were:

1. John III (Johan III) (1537-1592)
2. Katharina (1539-1610)
3. Cecelia (1540-1627)
4. Magnus (1542-1595)
5. Carl (1544)
6. Anna Maria (1545-1610)
7. Sten (1546-1549)
8. Sofia (1547-1611)
9. Elisabeth (1549-1598)
10. Charles IX (Carl IX) (1550-1611)

In 1535 he married his third wife Katarina Stenbock (1535-1621).

See also: Vasaloppet, HMS Wasa, Vasa (city)

Preceded by: Christian II

List of Swedish monarchs

Succeeded by: Eric XIV