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]
Preceded by Elisabet of Burgundy |
Swedish Queens 1531-1535 |
Succeeded by Margareta Leijonhufvud |
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