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Karin Månsdotter

1550 - 1612

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Karin Månsdotter (in English Catherine; 6 November 1550 – 13 September 1612) was first the mistress and then the queen consort of King Erik XIV of Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karin Månsdotter is the 316th most popular companion (up from 344th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 179th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Companion.

Karin Månsdotter was most famous for being the wife of King Charles XII of Sweden.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Karin Månsdotter ranks 316 out of 784Before her are Marie of France, Countess of Champagne, Parysatis II, Maria Laskarina, Margaret Leijonhufvud, Tuya, and Dagmar of Bohemia. After her are Juana Enríquez, Gertrude of Hohenberg, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, Ildico, Eurydice II of Macedon, and Sophia of Minsk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Karin Månsdotter ranks 13Before her are Do-Aklin, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Jang-geum, and Stanislaus Kostka. After her are Giorgio Basta, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Jacobus Gallus, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Chand Bibi, and Michael Maestlin. Among people deceased in 1612, Karin Månsdotter ranks 8Before her are Vasili IV of Russia, Sasaki Kojirō, Giovanni Gabrieli, Christopher Clavius, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Federico Barocci. After her are Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Hans Leo Hassler, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, John Smyth, and Jodocus Hondius.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Karin Månsdotter ranks 170 out of 1,879Before her are Sigvard Bernadotte (1907), Harriet Andersson (1932), Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516), Loreen (1983), Sverker II of Sweden (1164), and Stefan Löfven (1957). After her are Eric XI of Sweden (1216), Tage Erlander (1901), Sten Sture the Elder (1440), Roy Andersson (1943), Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), and Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865).

Among COMPANIONS In Sweden

Among companions born in Sweden, Karin Månsdotter ranks 5Before her are Ingrid of Sweden (1910), Astrid of Sweden (1905), Louise of Sweden (1851), and Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516). After her are Gunilla Bielke (1568), 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).