Catherine Jagiellon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Catherine Jagiellon

Queen of Sweden

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1526

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 16-Sep-1583

Profession: queen regnant

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Catherine Jagiellon (Polish: Katarzyna Jagiellonka; Swedish: Katarina Jagellonica, Lithuanian: Kotryna Jogailate; 1 November 1526 – 16 September 1583) was a Polish princess and the wife of John III of Sweden.
As such, she was Duchess of Finland (1562–83), Queen of Sweden (1569–83) and Grand Princess of Finland (1581–83).
Catherine had significant influence over state affairs during the reign of her spouse, and negotiated with the pope to introduce a counter reformation in Sweden.
She was the mother of the future Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland.



Alternative names	Jozef Simmler; Jakub Józef Simmler; Jakub Jozef Simmler
Description	Polish-Russian painter
Date of birth/death	14 March 1823	1 March 1868
Location of birth/death	Warsaw	Warsaw
Work location	Warsaw
Authority control	: Q327738 VIAF: 18029772 ISNI: 0000 0001 0957 4180 ULAN: 500016121 LCCN: n80126909 Open Library: OL471734A WorldCat