Back كاثرين ياغيلون Arabic كاثرين ياجيلون ARZ Катерина Ягеллонка Bashkir Кацярына Ягелонка Byelorussian Катерина Ягелонина Bulgarian Katarina Jagellonica Breton Kateřina Jagellonská Czech Katarina Jagellonica Danish Katharina Jagiellonica German Αικατερίνη Γιαγκελλόνων Greek
| Catherine Jagiellon | |
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 Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger (c. 1556) | |
| Queen consort of Sweden | |
| Tenure | 30 September 1568 – 16 September 1583 |
| Born | 1 November 1526 Kraków, Poland |
| Died | 16 September 1583 (aged 56) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Burial | Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden |
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| Dynasty | Jagiellon |
| Father | Sigismund I of Poland |
| Mother | Bona Sforza |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Catherine Jagiellon (Polish: Katarzyna Jagiellonka; Swedish: Katarina Jagellonica, Lithuanian: Kotryna Jogailaitė; 1 November 1526 – 16 September 1583) was a princess of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III. Catherine had significant influence over state affairs during the reign of her spouse. She negotiated with the pope to introduce Counter-Reformation in Sweden.[1] She was the mother of Sigismund III Vasa.
- ^ Katarina Jagellonica, urn:sbl:12406, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Birgitta Lager-Kromnow), hämtad 2013-12-05.