Gustav I of Sweden

Gustav I
Gustav I
	Gustav I portrayed in 1542 by Jakob Bincks.
King of Sweden
	6 June 1523 – 29 September 1560
	6 June 1523
Predecessor	Christian II
Successor	Eric XIV
Born	12 May 1496 (assumed); Rydboholm Castle, Sweden or; Lindholmen, Sweden
Died	29 September 1560 (aged 64); Tre Kronor, Stockholm, Sweden
Burial	21 December 1560; Uppsala Cathedral
Spouse	Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg; Margaret Leijonhufvud; Katarina Stenbock
Issue	Eric XIV of Sweden; John III of Sweden; Katharina Vasa; Cecilia, Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern; Magnus, Duke of Östergötland; Anna Maria, Countess Palatine of Veldenz; Sophia, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg; Elizabeth, Duchess Mecklenburg-Gadebusch; Charles IX of Sweden
House	House of Vasa
Father	Erik Johansson Vasa
Mother	Cecilia Månsdotter Eka
Religion	Lutheran Christianity , formerly Roman Catholic Christianity

Gustav I of Sweden (born 14 May 1496, died 29 September 1560) was the King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560.^[1] During his reign, Sweden broke relationship with the Kalmar Union and the Roman Catholic Church.

Gustav I Of Sweden Media

Christian II, Gustav I's main antagonist
Gustav Eriksson addressing men from Dalarna in Mora. Painting by Johan Gustaf Sandberg.
Roggeborgen in Strängnäs was a central location during the events when Gustav Eriksson was elected king of Sweden.
The Entry of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden into Stockholm, 1523, by Carl Larsson.
Klipping – coinage – issued by Gustav I in 1521 or 1522. On one side, the bust of a man in armor. On the other, crowns and arrows, with the inscription: ERI[KS]SO[N]
Gustav, engraved by Martin Rota
One of King Gustav's coins in 1556
The grave monument to King Gustav and his first two queens over their crypt in Uppsala Cathedral
Gustav Ericsson Vasa in his old age