Catharina (Askanier) von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1513 - 1535)

Born 1 Jan 1513 in Ratzeburg, Ratzeburg, Herzogtum Lauenburg

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Died 23 Sep 1535 at age 22 in Stockholm, Sverige

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Biography

Katarina Askanier was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Katharina was born September 24, 1513, in Ratzeburg, now in Schleswig-Holstein, as the daughter of Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, and his wife Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.^[1]

At the age of 15, Katarina was proposed to by the Swedish King Gustav I Vasa. Her sister was already married to the Danish crown prince and the marriage between Gustav and Katarina would hopefully put an end to the bad relations between the two Scandinavian countries. It took three years before the arrangement was settled and the two could marry.^[1]

September 24, 1531, Katarina married king Gustav of Sweden, in Storkyrkan, Stockholm.^[2]

She is buried in Uppsala Domkyrka^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Katarina, https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/12404, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Ivan Svalenius), hämtad 2018-02-21.
2. ↑ Gustav Vasa och Katarina av Sachsen-Lauenburg, Kungliga bröllop, kungahuset.se
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #9479678

• Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon #12404 Retrieved 2016 aug 31

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q236774
• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Saxe-Lauenburg