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Erik XIV or Eric XIV (13 December 1533 – 26 February 1577) 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 .
The following is a family tree of all the Kings of Sweden, from Eric the Victorious down to the present day. ... King of Denmark (1065–1134) ... (1496–1560 ...
Eric, Duke of Småland (Swedish: Hertig Erik av Småland) may refer to: Eric Birgersson (c. 1250 – 1275), son of Princess Ingeborg and Birger Jarl Eric XIV (1533–1577), King of Sweden from 1560 to 1569
Eric XIV (1533–1577), King of Sweden 1560–1568. In 1561, when a sizeable remnant of the Order states in the northern Baltics were secularized by its grand master Gotthard Kettler, both Denmark and Sweden were attracted to intervene in the Livonian War. [12]
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Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Sweden, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Finland Personal coat of arms. Sigismund III Vasa was born when his parents, John III and Catherine Jagiellon, were held prisoner by John's brother King Eric XIV, but John replaced Eric in 1568. Sweden had become Protestant, but young Sigismund was raised Catholic.
The war, which was particularly bloody, went well for Sweden at sea, but went very badly on land. The war became increasingly unpopular as Swedish towns were damaged and destroyed, and casualties mounted. As the aristocracy's frustration with Eric's reign became increasingly apparent, the King and Jöran Persson feared a new rebellion.
He was engaged as a court musician at the royal court of king Eric XIV of Sweden. He was employed in the household of Eric already during Eric's tenure as a Crown Prince in Kalmar, and was appointed as a musician and a singer to the Kungliga Hovkapellet when Eric became king in 1560. He often performed during the festivities, concerts, banquets ...