This article will be permanently flagged as inappropriate and made unaccessible to everyone. Are you certain this article is inappropriate? Excessive Violence Sexual Content Political / Social
Email Address:
Article Id: WHEBN0007629582 Reproduction Date:
Magnus Vasa (25 July 1542 – 26 June 1595), prince of Sweden, Duke of Östergötland from 1555. Magnus was the third son of king Gustav Vasa. His mother was queen Margareta Leijonhufvud.
Magnus was the only of Gustav Vasa's sons, except for Karl and Sten who died in infancy, that didn't become king of Sweden. In 1555, he was made Duke of Ostrogothia, Kinda and Ydre, Dalsland, Sundbo härad in Närke, Kåkind, Valla and the major part of Vadsbo härad in Västergötland. As Duke of Ostrogothia, he lived permanently at Vadstena Castle in Vadstena.
Magnus suffered from a mental illness. The illness showed its first signs in 1563, and eventually became permanent. In 1574, the responsibility of his fiefs were taken over by his brother king John III, who managed them as his guardian because of his mental condition. A smaller part of them was granted to his other brother, duke Charles.
Magnus died at the Manorhouse of Kungsbro, outside Linköping, in 1595 and is buried in the Bridgettine Abbey Church in Vadstena.
Many ballads and stories were made inspired by Magnus and his alleged interest in mythological creatures such as fairies.
There are many stories about the 'Mad Duke', for example when he saw a mermaid in the castle moat and threw himself out of a window. He nearly drowned. There are no proof of the story, but it might come from when he in 1563 fell in the moat, during the construction of the castle drawbridge.
Magnus was never married. He had three confirmed and acknowledged children outside of marriage.
With Valborg Eriksdotter:
With Anna von Haubitz
Mother unknown:
Władysław IV Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania#
Satan, Pope, Brittany, House of Lorraine, Nobility
Swedish language, European Union, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania
House of Vasa, List of Swedish monarchs, Lutheranism, Uppland, Kalmar Union
House of Vasa, Swedish language, Gustav I of Sweden, John III of Sweden, House of Bernadotte
House of Vasa, Sweden, Germany, Stockholm, Charles IX of Sweden
Polish language, House of Vasa, Kraków, Sweden, Warsaw
House of Bernadotte, Sweden, Oscar I of Sweden, Stockholm, /