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Gunilla Bielke

1568 - 1597

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Gunilla Bielke; Swedish: Gunilla Johansdotter Bielke af Åkerö (25 June 1568 – 19 July 1597) was Queen of Sweden as the second wife of King John III. Queen Gunilla is acknowledged to have acted as the political adviser to John III and to have influenced his religious policies in favour of Protestantism. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunilla Bielke is the 371st most popular companion (down from 355th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 186th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swedish Companion.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Gunilla Bielke ranks 371 out of 784Before her are Nur Jahan, Maria of Antioch, Amestris, Charles I, Duke of Bourbon, Royal Noble Consort Huibin Jang, and Henry, son of Robert I of Burgundy. After her are Sophia of Bavaria, Duchess Anna of Prussia, Al-Muqtadi, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, Luisa de Guzmán, and Yolanda of Courtenay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1568, Gunilla Bielke ranks 6Before her are Pope Urban VIII, Tommaso Campanella, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Aloysius Gonzaga, and Wei Zhongxian. After her are Adriano Banchieri, Giuseppe Cesari, Marino Ghetaldi, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Virginia de' Medici, and Teodósio II, Duke of Braganza. Among people deceased in 1597, Gunilla Bielke ranks 13Before her are Maharana Pratap, Joseph of Anchieta, Franciscus Patricius, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Edward Kelley, and Barbara Blomberg. After her are Luís Fróis, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Won Gyun, Prospero Fontana, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, and Lucas van Valckenborch.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gunilla Bielke ranks 200 out of 1,879Before her are Ann-Margret (1941), Ingvar Carlsson (1934), Anna of Sweden (1545), Nicolai Gedda (1925), Hans Blix (1928), and Hugo Alfvén (1872). After her are Per Gessle (1959), Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722), Gösta Mittag-Leffler (1846), Joe Hill (1879), Michael Nyqvist (1960), and Carl Michael Bellman (1740).

Among COMPANIONS In Sweden

Among companions born in Sweden, Gunilla Bielke ranks 6Before her are Ingrid of Sweden (1910), Astrid of Sweden (1905), Louise of Sweden (1851), Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516), and Karin Månsdotter (1550). After her are Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277), Catherine Stenbock (1535), Princess Amalia of Sweden (1805), Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (1984), and Princess Elizabeth of Sweden (1549).