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Catherine Jagiellon

1526 - 1583

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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. She was the mother of Sigismund III Vasa. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine Jagiellon is the 2,003rd most popular politician (down from 1,352nd in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Poland (down from 81st in 2019) and the 24th most popular Polish Politician.

Catherine Jagiellon was the daughter of King John III of Poland and the sister of the Polish King Sigismund II Augustus. She married Sigismund Augustus, the son of King John III of Poland and Queen Barbara Radziwill. Catherine Jagiellon was most famous for being the mother of the future Polish King, Sigismund III Vasa.

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Among politicians, Catherine Jagiellon ranks 2,003 out of 19,576. Before her are Toghrul, Munjong of Joseon, Olybrius, Robert Ley, Charles II of Naples, and Béla I of Hungary. After her are Thongloun Sisoulith, Senusret I, Kamose, Bernhard von Bülow, Antonia the Elder, and Ludvík Svoboda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1526, Catherine Jagiellon ranks 3. Before her are Giuseppe Arcimboldo, and Akechi Mitsuhide. After her are Elizabeth of Austria, Rafael Bombelli, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Benedict the Moor, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, and Bâkî. Among people deceased in 1583, Catherine Jagiellon ranks 2. Before her is Nurbanu Sultan. After her are Antoinette de Bourbon, Oichi, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Shibata Katsuie, Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Oda Nobutaka, Andrey Kurbsky, Juan de Garay, and Pirro Ligorio.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Catherine Jagiellon ranks 105 out of 1,694. Before her are Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Bolesław I the Brave (967), Norbert Elias (1897), Egon Krenz (1937), Günter Blobel (1936), and Osip Mandelstam (1891). After her are Marie Walewska (1786), Georg Forster (1754), Henryk Wieniawski (1835), Dziga Vertov (1896), Saint Casimir (1458), and Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Catherine Jagiellon ranks 24. Before her are Horst Köhler (1943), Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767), Anna Jagiellon (1523), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Bolesław I the Brave (967), and Egon Krenz (1937). After her are Marie Walewska (1786), Karl Hanke (1903), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), and Kurt Daluege (1897).

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