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Princess Cecilia of Sweden

1540 - 1627

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Cecilia of Sweden (Swedish: Cecilia Gustavsdotter Vasa; 16 November 1540 – 27 January 1627), was Princess of Sweden as the daughter of King Gustav I and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, and Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern as the wife of Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern. She is the most famous daughter of Gustav I, known for a courtship scandal in connection with a sister's wedding and for a lengthy stay in England under Elizabeth I where her first child was born. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Princess Cecilia of Sweden is the 630th most popular nobleman (down from 554th in 2019), the 329th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 299th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Swedish Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Princess Cecilia of Sweden ranks 630 out of 1,415. Before her are Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Magdalene of Bavaria, Constance of Portugal, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Margaret Fredkulla. After her are Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Sheshi, Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony, Eleanor of Woodstock, Joanna, Princess of Portugal, and Amalric, Lord of Tyre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Princess Cecilia of Sweden ranks 17. Before her are Magnus, Duke of Holstein, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Paschal Baylón, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, Gasparo da Salò, and Won Gyun. After her are Ostilio Ricci, Denis Calvaert, Simone Peterzano, Sedefkar Mehmed Agha, Giovanni Artusi, and Hedwig of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. Among people deceased in 1627, Princess Cecilia of Sweden ranks 10. Before her are Frederick de Houtman, Wei Zhongxian, Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier, Juan Sánchez Cotán, and Francesco Maria del Monte. After her are Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Olivier van Noort, Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Alexander, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, and Julius Schiller.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Princess Cecilia of Sweden ranks 329 out of 1,879. Before her are Per Wahlöö (1926), Håkan Nesser (1950), John, Duke of Östergötland (1589), Lennart Skoglund (1929), Ronnie Hellström (1949), and Sven Nordqvist (1946). After her are Thomas Ravelli (1959), Olof Swartz (1760), Anne Sofie von Otter (1955), Pernilla August (1958), Lars Lagerbäck (1948), and Alf Sjöberg (1903).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Sweden

Among noblemen born in Sweden, Princess Cecilia of Sweden ranks 13. Before her are Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden (1001), Catherine Vasa of Sweden (1539), Princess Margaretha of Sweden (1899), Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979), and Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982). After her are Sigrid of Sweden (1566), Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100), Ebba Brahe (1596), Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547), Magnus, Duke of Östergötland (1542), and Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland (1852).

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