Catherine Jagiellon
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Catherine Jagiellon 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 r
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger (c. 1556)
Catherine the Jagiellonian in prison, by Józef Simmler.
Portrait of Catherine and John's daughter Isabella Vasa (1564–1566), attributed to Domenicus Verwilt. The portrait is today at Wawel Castle. It is thought to have been a gift to Catherine's sister Anna Jagiellon.
Catherine's grave monument over John's family crypt in Uppsala Cathedral
Sigismund III Vasa
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Sigismund III Vasa was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa. Zealo
Catherine Jagiellon
…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. Catherine Jagiellon was born in Kraków as the youngest daughter of King Sigismund I the Old of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and his wife, Bona…
Portrait by Pieter Soutman, c. 1624
Sigismund in his youth, 1585
Chancellor Jan Zamoyski staunchly opposed the pro-Habsburg alliance.