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Pedigree of Swedish monarchs
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Monarchs who have reigned in Sweden seem, at first glance, to be from several separate dynasties which are not connected at all. However, genealogical research has published lineages of how they generally are interconnected, and the current royal family traces its ancestry back to each earlier dynasty. Since the late 14th century, a measure-stick of high nobility in Sweden was kinship with Birgitta of Vadstena, St.Bridget of Sweden (whose own biological issue became extinct in 1411), and accordingly those Swedes who became Regents or were elected kings, more or less started to be her relatives (usually descended from her only surviving niece Ingeborg of Loholmen, Countess of Orkney). Pedigree Next line presents child or children of the principal in the previous line. === "Oldenburg" lineage === * Eric the Victorious (retrospectively dubbed as Eric VI of Sweden), son of the semi-legendary king Björn the Old (Björn III of Sweden) * king Olof III of Sweden, also father of king Anund Jacob of Sweden * king Emund of Sweden, "the Old" * probable daughter: ("Ingamodher"), married king Stenkil (also parents of king Halsten, who in turn was father of Philip I of Sweden and Inge II of Sweden) * Inge I of Sweden, also grandfather of Magnus the Strong, king in Sweden, through his eldest daughter Margaret; and great-grandfather of Magnus II of Sweden as well as of Inge I of Norway, through his paternal granddaughter Ingrid Ragvaldsdotter * Karin Ingesdotter of Sweden, married furst Björn Järnsida * legend-attested: Christina Björnsdotter, married Eric IX of Sweden, also according to legends great-grandparents of Canute II of Sweden * Canute I of Sweden * Eric X of Sweden, also father of Eric XI of Sweden; married Regitza of Denmark, paternal granddaughter of Canute Lavard and Ingeborg of Kiev * Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden, married Birger jarl, also parents of Magnus III of Sweden * Valdemar I of Sweden, married Sofia of Denmark, daughter of Eric IV of Denmark and Jytte of Saxony * Ingeborg Valdemarsdotter of Sweden, married count Gerhard II of Holstein, Prince of Ploen * count Gerhard IV of Holstein, Prince of Segeberg * Ingeborg of Holstein, married Conrad I, Count of Oldenburg * Christian V, Count of Oldenburg * count Derek, Prince of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst, married Hedvig of Sleswick-Holstein * Christian I of Sweden, married Dorothea of Brandenburg * John II of Sweden * Christian II of Sweden, grandfather of Renata of Lorraine ---- * the aforementioned Christian I and Dorothea * Frederick I of Denmark * Adolf of Denmark, Duke of Gottorp * Christina of Gottorp, married Charles IX of Sweden as his second wife * Gustav II Adolf of Sweden * Christina I of Sweden ---- * the aforementioned Adolf of Denmark, Duke of Gottorp * John Adolf, Duke of Gottorp * Frederick III, Duke of Gottorp * Hedvig Eleanor of Gottorp, married Charles X Gustav of Sweden, maternal grandson of the first marriage of the aforementioned Charles IX of Sweden * Charles XI of Sweden * Charles XII of Sweden, childless and unmarried; and his sister Ulrica Eleanor of Sweden, also childless, married Frederick I of Hesse, king of Sweden ---- * the aforementioned Frederick III, Duke of Gottorp * Christian Albert, Duke of Gottorp * Christian August of Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, married Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach * Adolf Frederick I of Sweden, also father of Charles XIII of Sweden * Gustav III of Sweden * Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, also father of Gustav, Prince of Vasa, himself father of Carola of Sweden, Queen of Saxony * Sophie of Sweden, married Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden, great-great-grandson of Frederick VII Magnus of Baden, Margrave of Durlach * Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden * Victoria of Baden, married Gustav V of Sweden * Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden * Hereditary Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden * Charles XVI Gustav of Sweden * Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden Bjellbo-Mecklenburg lineage * the aforementioned Ingeborg Eriksdotter of Sweden, married Birger jarl * Magnus III of Sweden, married Hedvig of Holstein, also parents of king Birger of Sweden * Eric, Duke of Södermanland, married Ingeborg Haakonsdottir of Norway * Magnus VII of Norway and Sweden, also father of Eric XII of Sweden * Haakon VI of Norway and Sweden, married Margaret I of Denmark, Queen of Sweden etc * Olav IV of Norway and Denmark, claimant of Sweden ---- * the aforementioned Eric, Duke of Södermanland, married Ingeborg Haakonsdottir of Norway * Eufemia of Sweden, married Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg, parents of also king Albert of Sweden * Duke Henry of Mecklenburg, married Ingeborg of Denmark and then divorced and married Sophie England therefore becoming king of England * Maria of Mecklenburg, married Vartislav VII, Duke of Pomerania; parents of also Eric XIII of Sweden, Norway and Denmark * Catherine of Pomerania, married John of the Palatinate and of Bavaria * Christopher I of Sweden, married the aforementioned Dorothea of Brandenburg, as her first husband ---- * the aforementioned Eufemia of Sweden, married Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg * Ingeborg of Mecklenburg, married secondly Henry II of Holstein, Count of Rendsborg * Gerhard VI of Holstein, Count of Rendsborg and Duke of Sleswick * Hedvig of Slesvig-Holstein, married secondly the aforementioned Derek, Count of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst * the aforementioned Christian I of Sweden, married Dorothea of Brandenburg - this branch has issue (see above) Sverkers-Vasa lineage * the aforementioned Eric the Victorious * king Olave III * Ingegerd of Sweden, married Jaroslav I of Kiev * Vsevolod I of Kiev * Vladimir II of Kiev, the Monomach, married Gytha of Wessex, whose grandmother Gyda Tyrgilsdotter is said in sagas to have been granddaughter of Styrbjörn the Strong, Lord of Jomsborg, claimant of Sweden as son of Olave II of Sweden, the country's co-king, and a son of the semi-historical king Björn III of Sweden ("Björn the Old"). * Mstislav I of Kiev (also known as king Harald of the Rus), married Kerstin Ingesdotter of Sweden, daughter of Inge I of Sweden the aforementioned * Ingeborg of Kiev, married Canute Lavard of Denmark, Prince of Vends * Margaret Knudsdatter of Hedeby, married Stig Tokesen Hvitaleder (Stig Hvide) * Kirsten Stigsdatter ("Christina Hvide"), married Charles VII of Sweden, son and successor of Sverker I of Sweden (founder of namesake dynasty) and his first wife Ulvhild Hakonardotter of Thjotta descent * Sverker II of Sweden * Helena of Sweden, married Sune Folkason * Benedikte of Ymseborg, married Svantepolk Knutsson, Lord of Viby * Ingrid Svantepolksdotter of Viby, married Folke Algotsson from the Edsvara descent (justiciars of Västergötland) * Knut Folkason, Overlord of Blekinge and Lister, married firstly Margareta Tyrgilsdotter of Aranäs, daughter of Tyrgils Knutsson, Lord High Constable and Regent of Sweden * Birgitta Knutsdotter of Blekinge, married secondly Magnus Gislason, Lord of Aspnäs and Örby * Helena Magnusdotter of Aspnäs, Heiress of Örby, married Arvid Gustavsson, Lord of Vik * Margareta Arvidsdotter of Vik and Örby, married Ture Bengtsson (whose mother was the niece of St.Bridget of Sweden) * Sten Turesson, married Margareta Karlsdotter, Heiress of Tofta, in her second marriage, mother of Charles VIII of Sweden through her first marriage * Birgitta Stensdotter, Heiress of Ekholmen, married firstly Gustav Anundsson "Sture", Lord of Revsnes * Sten Sture the Elder, Lord of Revsnes and Regent of Sweden ---- * the aforementioned Birgitta Stensdotter, married Gustav Anundsson * Birgitta Gustavsdotter, married Johan Kristiernsson, Lord of Rydboholm * Erik Johansson, Lord of Rydboholm, married Cecilia Månsdotter of Eka (who was great-great-great-great-granddaughter of the niece of St.Bridget of Sweden) * Gustav I of Sweden * Charles IX of Sweden, married firstly Maria of the Palatinate, married secondly the aforementioned Christina of Gottorp * Catherine Karlsdotter of Sweden, married John Casimir of the Palatinate, Prince of Kleeburg * Charles X Gustav of Sweden, married the aforementioned Hedvig Eleanor of Gottorp * Charles XI * Charles XII and his sister Ulrica Eleanor ---- * the aforementioned Catherine Karlsdotter of Sweden, married John Casimir * Christina Magdalena of Palatinate-Kleeburg, married Frederick VI of Baden, Margrave of Durlach * Frederick VII Magnus of Baden, Margrave of Durlach * Albertina Federica of Baden-Durlach, married the aforementioned Christian August of Gottorp, Prince of Eutin * Adolf Frederick I of Sweden ---- * the aforementioned Catherine Karlsdotter of Sweden, m John Casimir * Eleanor Catherine of Palatinate-Kleeburg, married Frederick of Hesse, Landgrave of Eschwege * Christina of Hesse-Eschwege, married duke Ferdinand Albert I of Brunswick-Lunenburg * Ferdinand Albert II of Brunswick, Duke of Wolfenbuttel * Charles I of Brunswick, Duke of Wolfenbuttel * Charles II of Brunswick, Duke of Wolfenbuttel * Augusta of Brunswick, married Frederick I of Württemberg * prince Paul of Württemberg * Pauline of Württemberg, married William I, Duke of Nassau * Sofia of Nassau, married king Oscar II of Sweden and Norway, son of king Oscar I of Sweden and Norway, and Josephine of Leuchtenberg * Gustav V of Sweden, married the aforementioned Victoria of Baden * Gustav VI Adolf * Gustav Adolf * king Charles XVI Gustav * crown princess Victoria branches: Regents and such * the aforementioned Benedikte of Ymseborg, married Svantepolk Knutsson * Ingeborg Svantepolksdotter of Viby, married Jon Filipsson of Aspenäs * lord high justiciar Knut Jonsson of Aspenäs, Regent of Sweden, married Katarina Bengtsdotter of Ylvasum, daughter of Bengt Magnusson, justiciar of Östergötland (and an aunt of St.Bridget of Sweden) * Jon Knutsson of Aspenäs, married Helena Larsdotter of Hama * Bengt Jonsson of Aspenäs * Gregers Bengtsson of Aspenäs, Lord of Ernäs, married Karin Gisladotter of Hammersta (who was granddaughter of the niece of St.Bridget of Sweden) * Märta Gregersdotter of Aspenäs, married Karl Ormsson, Lord of Bjurum * queen Catherine Karlsdotter, married (as second wife) Charles VIII of Sweden, a Regent of Sweden, then king, himself stepson of the aforementioned Sten Turesson * Magdalena Karlsdotter, Heiress of Bjurum, Princess of Gotland, left no surviving children, married (as third wife) Iver Axelsen (Thott), fiefholder of Gotland ---- * the aforementioned Bengt Jonsson of Aspenäs * Knut Bengtsson of Aspenäs, married Sofia Gerhardsdotter Snakenborg (who was granddaughter of the niece of St.Bridget of Sweden) * Kerstin Knutsdotter of Aspenäs, married Birger Birgersson Trolle, Lord of Bo and Bergkvara * Arvid Birgersson, Lord of Bergkvara, candidate for regentship (Arvid Trolle) * Erik Arvidsson, candidate for regentship (Eric Trolle), whose mother was Kerstin Jonsdotter Gädda of Fållnäs - his descendant Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha became the mother of Charles XVI Gustav of Sweden (who is the earliest Swedish monarch actually to descend from these Trolle lords) * Gustav Trolle, archbishop of Uppsala, candidate for regentship, whose mother was Ingeborg Filipsdotter Tott ---- * the aforementioned Knut Jonsson of Aspenäs, Regent of Sweden, married Katarina Bengtsdotter of Ylvasum * Magnus Knutsson of Aspenäs, married Helga Bengtsdotter * Karin Magnusdotter of Aspenäs, Heiress of Ekolsund, married Finvid Finvidsson, Lord of Frössvik * Märta Finvidsdotter of Frössvik and Ekolsund, married Jöns Bengtsson, Lord of Salsta * Nils Jönsson, Lord of Djursholm; and his brother Bengt Jönsson, Lord of Ekolsund, Regents of Sweden * the latter's son Jöns Bengtsson, Archbishop of Uppsala, Regent of Sweden (Bengt's descendant Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha became the mother of Charles XVI Gustav of Sweden (who is the earliest Swedish monarch actually to descend from these Oxenstierna regents) ---- * the aforementioned Knut Jonsson of Aspenäs, Regent of Sweden, married Katarina Bengtsdotter of Ylvasum * Cecilia Knutsdotter of Aspenäs, married Bo Nilsson, Lord of Ringshult * Bo Bosson, Lord of Ringshult * Sten Bosson, Lord of Ekhult * Bo Stensson, Lord of Bergunda, married Karen Svendsdatter Sture of Ekesiö * Nils Bosson "Sture", Lord of Hörningsholm, married Brita Karlsdotter, herself first cousin of mother of Eric Tott (Erik Axelsson), Regent. Also king Charles VIII was Eric's mother's first cousin as well as first cousin of Brita Karlsdotter. * Svante Nilsson, Lord of Ekesiö, Regent of Sweden, married firstly Iliana Erengisladotter of Geddeholm, married secondly Mette Iversdatter Dyre, widow of the Sudreim claimant to the Norwegian throne * son of first marriage: Sten Sture the Younger, Lord of Ekesiö, Regent of Sweden, married Christina Nilsdotter, granddaughter of Christina Karlsdotter, herself daughter of the aforementioned Charles VIII of Sweden and his first wife Brita Turesdotter (who was great-granddaughter of the niece of St.Bridget of Sweden) * Svante Sture, Count of Stegeholm and Vestervik - his lineage continues through four of his five daughters, each married in high nobility of Sweden (his descendant Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha became the mother of Charles XVI Gustav of Sweden (who is the earliest Swedish monarch actually to descend from these Sture regents) See Also
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