Karin Månsdotter
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Karin Månsdotter was first the mistress and then the queen consort of King Erik XIV of Sweden.
Karin Månsdotter as drawn by her husband in prison
Karin as Erik Johan Löfgren imagined her in 1864
An 1870s glass painting by Wladimir Swertschkoff above her grave in the Cathedral of Turku shows Karin Månsdotter "rejecting the crown" with two of her pages.
Close-up of Karin Månsdotter's face from the window painting (above)
Erik XIV
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Erik XIV or Eric XIV became King of Sweden following the death of his father, Gustav I, on 29 September 1560. During a 1568 rebellion against him, Erik was incarcerated by his half-brother John III. H
Karin Månsdotter
…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. Karin was born in Stockholm to a soldier and later prison guard named Måns (her surname is a patronym, literally "daughter of Måns") and his…
Portrait by Domenicus Verwilt, 1561
Erik's parents, King Gustav I and Queen Catherine, as depicted on their grave monument
Erik's sarcophagus in Västerås Cathedral
Image of Erik XIV on a wall of Stockholm Palace