Our Family History - Person Sheet
Our Family History - Person Sheet
NameKing Erik XIV Vasa 
Birth Date13 Dec 1533
Birth PlaceSweden, Stockholm
MemoThe Kronor Castle
Death Date26 Feb 1577
Death PlaceSweden, Uppland, Örbyhus
MemoÖrbyhus Castle
Burial Date1 Apr 1577
Burial PlaceSweden, Västmanland, Västerås
MemoVästerås Cathedral
OccupationKing of Sweden
FatherKing Gustav Vasa (Eriksson) (1496-1560)
MotherCatherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513-1535)
Notes for King Erik XIV Vasa
Eric XIV (Swedish: Erik XIV; 13 December 1533 – 26 February 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1569. Eric XIV was the eldest son of Gustav I (1496–1560) and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513–1535). He was also ruler of Estonia, after its conquest by Sweden in 1561.
While he has been regarded as intelligent and artistically skilled, as well as politically ambitious, early in his reign he showed signs of mental instability, a condition that eventually led to insanity. Some scholars claim that his illness began early during his reign, while others believe that it first manifested with the Sture murders.
Eric, having been deposed and imprisoned, was most likely murdered. An examination of his remains in 1958 confirmed that he probably died of arsenic poisoning.
While he has been regarded as intelligent and artistically skilled, as well as politically ambitious, early in his reign he showed signs of mental instability, a condition that eventually led to insanity. Some scholars claim that his illness began early during his reign, while others believe that it first manifested with the Sture murders.
Eric, having been deposed and imprisoned, was most likely murdered. An examination of his remains in 1958 confirmed that he probably died of arsenic poisoning.