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Catherine Jagiellon (Polish: Katarzyna Jagiellonka; Swedish: Katarina Jagellonica, Lithuanian: Kotryna Jogailaitė; 1 November 1526 – 16 September 1583) was a Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth princess and Queen of Sweden from 1569 as the wife of King John III.
Catherine Jagiellon was a Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth princess 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.
The Swedish–Polish alliance began to crumble when the Polish King and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund III, who as son of John III of Sweden (died 1592) and Catherine Jagellonica, was the successor to the Swedish throne, met with resistance from a faction led by his uncle, Charles of Södermanland (later Charles IX), who claimed ...
John married his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland (1526–83), of the House of Jagiello, in Vilnius on 4 October 1562. In Sweden, she is known as Katarina Jagellonica . She was the sister of king Sigismund II Augustus of Poland .
- January 1569 – 17 November 1592
- Margaret Leijonhufvud
Catherine Jagello (1525–1583) Queen of Sweden. Name variations: Catherine of Poland; Catherine Jagellonica or Jagiello.
The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty originating from Lithuanian House of Gediminas dynasty that reigned in Central European countries (present day Lithuania, Belarus, Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Kaliningrad, parts of Russia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia) between the fourteenth and sixteenth century.
1526-11-01 — 1583-09-16. Queen of Sweden. Katarina Jagellonica (Catherine Jagiellon) was a Polish-Lithuanian princess who married the Swedish king Johan III. She is sometimes viewed as the only true Renaissance queen of Sweden.
