Anna Vasa of Sweden
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Anna Vasa of Sweden (also Anne, Polish: Anna Wazówna; 17 May 1568 – 26 February 1625) was a Swedish princess heavily involved in the politics of that country and of Poland. She was starosta of Brodnica and Golub. The youngest child of King John III of Sweden and Catherine Jagiellon, she was close to her brother Sigismund Vasa, King of Poland (1587–1632) and King of Sweden (1592–99). Raised a Catholic, Anna converted to Lutheranism in 1584. Though she had several suitors, she remained unmarried.
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Anna of Sweden | |
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Born | 17 May 1568 Eskilstuna, Sweden |
Died | 26 February 1625(1625-02-26) (aged 56) Brodnica, Poland |
Burial | Church of St. Mary, Toruń, Poland |
House | Vasa |
Father | John III of Sweden |
Mother | Catherine Jagellon |
Religion | Lutheranism |
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