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    The Crown of King Eric XIV of Sweden was made in Stockholm in 1561 by Flemish goldsmith Cornelius ver Weiden, for the coronation of king Eric XIV. It...
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    Eric XIV (Swedish: Erik XIV; 13 December 1533 – 26 February 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was captured in a rebellion led by his brother...
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    The Crown of Eric XIV, made in Stockholm in 1561 by Flemish goldsmith Cornelius ver Welden, is typical of the Renaissance style of jewelry of his time...
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    The following is a list of royal crowns: Heraldic Crown of the Order of Malta (Heraldic royal crown with eight half-arches. Five half-arches its two-dimensional...
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  • A coronation crown is a crown used by a monarch when being crowned. In some monarchies, monarchs have or had a number of crowns for different occasions...
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    Oscar II (redirect from Oscar II of Norway)
    January 1829, the third of four sons of Crown Prince Oscar and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. Upon his birth, he was created Duke of Östergötland. At birth...
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    Diamond Diadem (category Individual crowns)
    Rhodesia, St Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago. Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom Coronation Crown of George IV Elizabeth II's jewels "The Diamond Diadem"...
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    objects in the collection are the sword of Gustav Vasa and the crown, orb, sceptre and key of King Erik XIV. The Regalia is state property and the government...
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    (1516–51), a Swedish noblewoman. He was crowned as Eric XIV, but was not necessarily the 14th king of Sweden named Eric. He and his brother Charles IX (1604–11)...
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    his half-brother Eric XIV. He is mainly remembered for his attempts to close the gap between the newly established Lutheran Church of Sweden and the Catholic...
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    Swedish prince, the son of Eric XIV and Karin Månsdotter. The infant Gustav was present at his mother's wedding to the King of Sweden in 1568 and at her...
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  • Agda Persdotter (category Mistresses of Swedish royalty)
    Agda i Porten ('Agda of the Gate'), was the official royal mistress of the future King Eric XIV of Sweden during his time as a Crown Prince in 1558–1561...
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    Charles XIV John (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan; 26 January 1763 – 8 March 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway from 1818 until his death in 1844 and the first...
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    Karin Månsdotter (category House of Vasa)
    1550 – 13 September 1612) was first the mistress and then the Queen of King Eric XIV of Sweden. Karin was born in Stockholm to a soldier and later prison...
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    wife of a French noble Huguenot immigrant. Eric XIV married Karin morganatically in 1567, and officially in 1568, when she was ennobled and crowned queen...
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    Swedish coronation robes (category National symbols of Sweden)
    only 296 of the crowns remain. When king Eric was crowned the robe also had a trimming and a collar made out of ermine. After Eric XIV, John III, Charles...
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    Catherine Stenbock (category People of the War against Sigismund)
    his first marriage, Eric XIV. In his will, Catherine was promised custody of the Princesses, who were to live at the court of Eric or her until they married...
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    King of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death. He was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte. The only child of King Charles XIV John...
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    of Bavaria, and of Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, a niece of Duke Francis V of Modena. He was a member of the lineage of both Louis XIV of...
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    crown hereditary in his family, the house of Vasa. It ruled Sweden (1523–1654) and Poland (1587–1668). After Gustav's death, his oldest son Eric XIV ascended...
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    Eric X (Swedish: Erik Knutsson; Old Norse: Eiríkr Knútsson; c. 1180 – 10 April 1216) was King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216. Also known as Eric the...
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    Bircherod, 1581 Eric XIV of Sweden added the Norwegian and Danish arms to the Swedish national coat of arms (the two lower quarters). This was one of the main...
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    Þórðarson was one of Eric's court skalds. Referring to Erik the Lisp and Lame as King Eric XI is a later invention, counting backwards from Eric XIV (1560–68)...
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    Eric IX (Swedish: Erik Jedvardsson; Erik den helige; Sankt Erik; d. 18 May 1160), also called Eric the Holy, Saint Eric, and Eric the Lawgiver, was a...
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    Crown Prince of Sweden Charles XIV John of Sweden Sweden: Knight of the Order of the Seraphim, 7 October 1748 Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the...
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    Leijonhufvud, the brother of King Eric XIV and of King John III, and the uncle of Sigismund, who became king both of Sweden and of Poland. By his father's...
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    regibus for consistency, which for instance means counting Eric Årsäll but not "Eric and Eric". Eric's accession is traditionally dated to 970, but the date...
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    descendant of Gustav IV Adolf of the House of Holstein-Gottorp. Gustaf Adolf was the eldest child of Crown Prince Gustaf, later Gustaf V, and Victoria of Baden...
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    Prince Oscar of Sweden, Duke of Skåne (Oscar Carl Olof; born 2 March 2016) is the younger child and only son of Crown Princess Victoria and her husband...
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    1412. Eric is known as Eric III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Eric VII as King of Denmark (1396–1439) and has been called Eric XIII as King of Sweden...
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