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class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>{{Infobox royalty</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>{{Infobox royalty</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| name<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> = Anna of Sweden</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| name = Anna of Sweden</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| image<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> = Unknown woman called Anna Princess of Sweden.jpg</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| image = Unknown woman called Anna Princess of Sweden.jpg</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| caption<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> = Anna Princess of Sweden<ref>Academic historians [https://libris.kb.se/bib/9501098 Lars W Ericson] (p. 318), [https://libris.kb.se/bib/9501082 Dr. Ulf Sundberg] (p. 63 acknowledging other opinions) & [https://libris.kb.se/bib/7152817 Dr. David Norrman] (p. 128h)</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| caption = Anna Princess of Sweden<ref>Academic historians [https://libris.kb.se/bib/9501098 Lars W Ericson] (p. 318), [https://libris.kb.se/bib/9501082 Dr. Ulf Sundberg] (p. 63 acknowledging other opinions) & [https://libris.kb.se/bib/7152817 Dr. David Norrman] (p. 128h)</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| house<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> = [[House of Vasa|Vasa]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| house = [[House of Vasa|Vasa]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| father<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> = [[John III of Sweden]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| father = [[John III of Sweden]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| mother<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> = [[Catherine Jagellon of Poland|Catherine Jagellon]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| mother = [[Catherine Jagellon of Poland|Catherine Jagellon]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>| birth_date = 17 May 1568</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>| birth_date = 17 May 1568</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>| birth_place = [[Eskilstuna]], Sweden</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>| birth_place = [[Eskilstuna]], Sweden</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>| death_date = {{Death date and age|1625|2|26|1568|5|17|df=yes}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>| death_date = {{Death date and age|1625|2|26|1568|5|17|df=yes}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| death_place = [[Brodnica]], [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Polish-Lithuanian</del> Commonwealth|Poland]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| death_place = [[Brodnica]], [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Polish–Lithuanian</ins> Commonwealth|Poland]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">date of burial</del> =</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">burial_date</ins> =</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">religion</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> =</del> [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lutheranism</del>]] </div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">burial_place</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">=</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Church</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">St.</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mary,</ins> [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Toruń</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Poland</ins></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>| religion = [[Lutheranism]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| place of burial = Church of St. Mary, [[Toruń]], Poland</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker"><a class="mw-diff-movedpara-right" title="Paragraph was moved. Click to jump to old location." href="#movedpara_9_0_lhs">⚫</a></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div><a name="movedpara_7_0_rhs"></a>}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>| signature =</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"><a class="mw-diff-movedpara-left" title="Paragraph was moved. Click to jump to new location." href="#movedpara_7_0_rhs">⚫</a></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div><a name="movedpara_9_0_lhs"></a><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">|</del>}}</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>'''Anna Vasa of Sweden''' (also '''Anne''', {{<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lang-</del>pl|Anna Wazówna}}; 17 May 1568 &ndash; 26 February 1625) was a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Polish</del> and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Swedish</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">princess,</del> [[starosta]] of [[Brodnica]] and [[Golub-Dobrzyń|Golub]]. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She was the</del> youngest child of King [[John III of Sweden]] and [[Catherine Jagiellon]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">She</del> was close to her brother [[Sigismund III Vasa|Sigismund Vasa]], [[King of Poland]] (1587–1632) and [[King of Sweden]] (1592–99).<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> Raised a Catholic, Anna converted to [[Lutheranism]] in 1584 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">which</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">made</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">her</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ineligible</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bride for many of Europe's Catholic royals and</del> she remained unmarried.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>'''Anna Vasa of Sweden''' (also '''Anne''', {{<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">langx|</ins>pl|Anna Wazówna}}; 17 May 1568 &ndash; 26 February 1625) was a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Swedish princess heavily involved in the politics of that country</ins> and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Poland. She was</ins> [[starosta]] of [[Brodnica]] and [[Golub-Dobrzyń|Golub]]. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The</ins> youngest child of King [[John III of Sweden]] and [[Catherine Jagiellon]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">she</ins> was close to her brother [[Sigismund III Vasa|Sigismund Vasa]], [[King of Poland]] (1587–1632) and [[King of Sweden]] (1592–99). Raised a Catholic, Anna converted to [[Lutheranism]] in 1584<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Though</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">she</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">had</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">several</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">suitors,</ins> she remained unmarried.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>==Biography==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>==Biography==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 22:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 22:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>===Early life===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>===Early life===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Anna was the youngest child of [[Duke John of Finland]] and [[Catherine Jagiellon]], sister of King [[Sigismund <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">II</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Augustus</del>]] of [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Poland]]. She was born <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in</del> [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Eskilstuna</del>]] just after her family was released from captivity at [[Gripsholm Castle]]. Her father ascended in 1569 to the [[King of Sweden|throne of Sweden]] as John III. Like her brother Sigismund, Anna was raised a [[Catholic]] by her mother and attended Catholic mass.<ref name="Anna">Anna, urn:sbl:18719, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av H. Almquist.), hämtad 2013-12-07.</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Anna was the youngest child of [[Duke John of Finland]] and [[Catherine Jagiellon]], sister of King [[Sigismund <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">III</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Vasa</ins>]] of [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Poland]]. She was born <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">at</ins> [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Eskilstunahus</ins>]] just after her family was released from captivity at [[Gripsholm Castle]]. Her father ascended in 1569 to the [[King of Sweden|throne of Sweden]] as John III. Like her brother Sigismund, Anna was raised a [[Catholic]] by her mother and attended Catholic mass.<ref name="Anna">Anna, urn:sbl:18719, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av H. Almquist.), hämtad 2013-12-07.</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Several marriages were suggested. In 1577, there had been discussions to arrange the marriage between Anna and an Austrian Archduke, either [[Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor|Matthias]] or [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian II]], but this became impossible after her conversion a year after her mother's death.<ref name="Anna"/> When her Catholic aunt [[Princess Cecilia of Sweden]] suggested a Catholic royal match for her in 1585, John III replied that Anna had converted to [[Lutheranism]] the year before. According to the tradition, the conversion was inspired by the events at the deathbed of her mother in 1583: her mother, who feared [[purgatory]], was comforted by her [[Jesuit]] confessor who assured her that purgatory did not exist and was merely used to warn common and simple-minded people. The queen sent the Jesuit away, but it made Anna feel distaste for the falseness of Roman Catholicism.<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Several marriages were suggested. In 1577, there had been discussions to arrange the marriage between Anna and an Austrian Archduke, either [[Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor|Matthias]] or [[Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian II]], but this became impossible after her conversion a year after her mother's death.<ref name="Anna"/> When her Catholic aunt [[Princess Cecilia of Sweden]] suggested a Catholic royal match for her in 1585, John III replied that Anna had converted to [[Lutheranism]] the year before. According to the tradition, the conversion was inspired by the events at the deathbed of her mother in 1583: her mother, who feared [[purgatory]], was comforted by her [[Jesuit]] confessor who assured her that purgatory did not exist and was merely used to warn common and simple-minded people. The queen sent the Jesuit away, but it made Anna feel distaste for the falseness of Roman Catholicism.<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 29:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 29:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>===Move to Poland===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>===Move to Poland===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>In 1587, her brother Sigismund was elected [[King of Poland]] and [[Grand Duke of Lithuania]] as Sigismund III. Her aunt [[Anna Jagiellon]] repeated her offer to have Anna with her in Poland and this time John III gave his consent for the sake of Sigismund: "So that the time now in the beginning would not be too long for your dear lord brother".<ref name="Anna"/> Anna left with Sigismund for Poland 12 September 1587 and was present at his coronation. During her stay at the Polish court, she attracted negative attention by celebrating Lutheran masses with her court.<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>In 1587, her brother<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> Sigismund<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> was elected [[King of Poland]] and [[Grand Duke of Lithuania]] as Sigismund III. Her aunt [[Anna Jagiellon]] repeated her offer to have Anna with her in Poland and this time John III gave his consent for the sake of Sigismund: "So that the time now in the beginning would not be too long for your dear lord brother".<ref name="Anna"/> Anna left with Sigismund for Poland 12 September 1587 and was present at his coronation. During her stay at the Polish court, she attracted negative attention by celebrating Lutheran masses with her court.<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>In 1589, Anna accompanied Sigismund to the meeting with their father in [[Reval]], [[Swedish Estonia]]. She was present during the stormy sessions of [[Privy Council of Sweden|Riksråd]] where King John insisted that Sigismund <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">abdicated</del> the Polish throne and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">came</del> back to Sweden. Swedish councilors protested the idea and furious John promised to persecute them.<ref name="Anna"/> Erik Sparre asked Anna to intercede as mediator and calm her father.<ref name="Anna"/> While Sigismund returned to Poland, Anna followed her father back to Sweden, where she spent the following three years.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>In 1589, Anna accompanied Sigismund to the meeting with their father in [[Reval]], [[Swedish Estonia]]. She was present during the stormy sessions of [[Privy Council of Sweden|Riksråd]] where King John insisted that Sigismund <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">abdicate</ins> the Polish throne and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">come</ins> back to Sweden. Swedish councilors protested the idea and furious John promised to persecute them.<ref name="Anna"/> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Erik Sparre<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins> asked Anna to intercede as mediator and calm her father.<ref name="Anna"/> While Sigismund returned to Poland, Anna followed her father back to Sweden, where she spent the following three years.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>In 1592, Anna returned to Poland to attend the wedding between her brother and [[Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland|Anna of Austria]]. She was disliked at the Polish court because of her religion and the influence she had over Sigismund and was suspected <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">for</del> having supported her father's failed plan to arrange a Protestant marriage for Sigismund with [[Christina of Holstein-Gottorp]].<ref name="Anna"/> The Archbishop was so provoked by her Lutheran services that he threatened both Anna and Sigismund with excommunication. Her sister-in-law Anna of Austria, however, prevented any persecution.<ref name="Anna"/> In July 1593, she carried her new niece Anna Maria at her baptismal.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>In 1592, Anna returned to Poland to attend the wedding between her brother and [[Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland|Anna of Austria]]. She was disliked at the Polish court because of her religion and the influence she had over Sigismund and was suspected <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of</ins> having supported her father's failed plan to arrange a Protestant marriage for Sigismund with [[Christina of Holstein-Gottorp]].<ref name="Anna"/> The Archbishop was so provoked by her Lutheran services that he threatened both Anna and Sigismund with excommunication. Her sister-in-law Anna of Austria, however, prevented any persecution.<ref name="Anna"/> In July 1593, she carried her new niece Anna Maria at her baptismal.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Cardinal [[Andrew Báthory]] proposed a marriage for her with the [[Prince of Transylvania]]. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However,/na</del> engaged<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> herself</del> to marry her father's first cousin Count [[Gustaf Brahe]] (1558-1615), son of [[Per Brahe the Elder]] and a future general in Poland.<ref name="Anna"/> They were raised together at court and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was</del> reportedly mutually in love with each other, and there <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">where</del> rumors that they met each other in secret in the home of Brahe's sister Ebba Sparre.<ref name="ReferenceA">Gustaf Brahe, urn:sbl:18043, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av B. BOËTHIUS.), hämtad 2017-12-29.</ref> In 1587, Gustaf Brahe followed Sigismund and Anna to Poland when Sigismund was elected king there. In 1589, he formally asked Sigismund for Anna's hand, and while he was not given a clear answer, he was not refused, which made him hope that he might be accepted.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> The potential marriage between princess Anna and Gustaf Brahe was fiercely opposed by [[Charles IX of Sweden|Duke Charles]], who viewed it as a plot of Gustav Brahe to make princess Anna ruling queen regnant of Sweden while her only brother Sigismund was absent in Poland, and he therefore used their relationship in his libelous chronicle ''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Karlskrönikan<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>''.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> Although it was not the most desirable marriage proposed, Anna declined all other suitors.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </del> As time passed, nothing came of her intended marriage, and both Anna and Brahe remained unmarried. A definite explanation of this has not been found in historical sources, but Gustaf Brahe remained at the side of Sigismund and Anna all his life and ultimately followed them to Poland when they left Sweden for good.<ref name="ReferenceA"/></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Cardinal [[Andrew Báthory]] proposed a marriage for her with the [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sigismund Báthory|</ins>Prince of Transylvania]]. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Anna</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">became</ins> engaged to marry her father's first cousin Count [[Gustaf Brahe]] (1558-1615), son of [[Per Brahe the Elder]] and a future general in Poland.<ref name="Anna"/> They were raised together at court and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">were</ins> reportedly mutually in love with each other, and there <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">were</ins> rumors that they met each other in secret in the home of Brahe's sister Ebba Sparre.<ref name="ReferenceA">Gustaf Brahe, urn:sbl:18043, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av B. BOËTHIUS.), hämtad 2017-12-29.</ref> In 1587, Gustaf Brahe followed Sigismund and Anna to Poland when Sigismund was elected king there. In 1589, he formally asked Sigismund for Anna's hand, and while he was not given a clear answer, he was not refused, which made him hope that he might be accepted.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> The potential marriage between princess Anna and Gustaf Brahe was fiercely opposed by [[Charles IX of Sweden|Duke Charles]], who viewed it as a plot of Gustav Brahe to make princess Anna ruling queen regnant of Sweden while her only brother Sigismund was absent in Poland, and he therefore used their relationship in his libelous chronicle ''Karlskrönikan''.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Although it was not the most desirable marriage proposed, Anna declined all other suitors. As time passed, nothing came of her intended marriage, and both Anna and Brahe remained unmarried. A definite explanation of this has not been found in historical sources, but Gustaf Brahe remained at the side of Sigismund and Anna all his life and ultimately followed them to Poland when they left Sweden for good.<ref name="ReferenceA"/></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>===Her brother's Swedish reign===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>===Her brother's Swedish reign===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>In November 1592, her brother Sigismund succeeded to the throne of Sweden at the death of their father. In September 1593, Anna returned to Sweden in the company of her brother King Sigismund and her sister-in-law Queen Anna. She was regarded with distrust by the Papal envoy <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Germanico Malaspina<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>.<ref name="Anna"/> During the scandalous riot between Catholics and Protestants during the burial service of her Polish musician Sowka in [[Riddarholmskyrkan]] in November 1593, her own priest Olaus Simonis participated on the Protestant side. Anna herself visited her uncle [[Charles IX of Sweden|Charles, Duke of Södermanland]], in [[Uppsala]] in February 1594, and attended the anti-Catholic sermon of Ericus Schepperus.<ref name="Anna"/> Sigismund had plans to make Anna his regent in Sweden during his stay in Poland. This plan, however, was opposed by Duke Charles, who managed to have the [[Privy Council of Sweden|Swedish Council]] to appoint himself.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>In November 1592, her brother Sigismund succeeded to the throne of Sweden at the death of their father. In September 1593, Anna returned to Sweden in the company of her brother King Sigismund and her sister-in-law Queen Anna. She was regarded with distrust by the Papal envoy Germanico Malaspina.<ref name="Anna"/> During the scandalous riot between Catholics and Protestants during the burial service of her Polish musician Sowka in [[Riddarholmskyrkan]] in November 1593, her own priest<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> Olaus Simonis<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> participated on the Protestant side. Anna herself visited her uncle [[Charles IX of Sweden|Charles, Duke of Södermanland]], in [[Uppsala]] in February 1594, and attended the anti-Catholic sermon of Ericus Schepperus.<ref name="Anna"/> Sigismund had plans to make Anna his regent in Sweden during his stay in Poland. This plan, however, was opposed by Duke Charles, who managed to have the [[Privy Council of Sweden|Swedish Council]] to appoint himself.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>In 1594, Sigismund returned to Poland, while Anna remained in Sweden. Papal envoy Malaspina had convinced him to leave her behind because of her involvement in the religious riot in Riddarholmskyrkan and reminded him about the Archbishop's threat of excommunication.<ref name="Anna"/> Anna was given an allowance with [[Stegeborg Castle]] as residence of her own court with the fiefs of [[Hammarkind]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Björkekind<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>, [[Östkind]] and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</del>Lösing härad<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</del>. At Stegeborg, she cultivated her interests for [[herbal medicine]].<ref name="Anna"/> In 1595, Anna arranged for the love marriage between her [[maid of honour]] [[Sigrid Brahe]] and Johan Gyllenstierna.<ref name="Anna"/> This became a great scandal as Brahe was engaged to another by her family. Duke Charles refused to mediate and Anna she finally managed to create a settlement between the families at the [[Söderköping]] [[Riksdag]] of 1595.<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>In 1594, Sigismund returned to Poland, while Anna remained in Sweden. Papal envoy Malaspina had convinced him to leave her behind because of her involvement in the religious riot in Riddarholmskyrkan and reminded him about the Archbishop's threat of excommunication.<ref name="Anna"/> Anna was given an allowance with [[Stegeborg Castle]] as residence of her own court with the fiefs of [[Hammarkind]], Björkekind, [[Östkind]] and Lösing härad. At Stegeborg, she cultivated her interests for [[herbal medicine]].<ref name="Anna"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> </ins>/> In 1595, Anna arranged for the love marriage between her [[maid of honour]] [[Sigrid Brahe]] and Johan Gyllenstierna.<ref name="Anna"/> This became a great scandal as Brahe was engaged to another by her family. Duke Charles refused to mediate and Anna she finally managed to create a settlement between the families at the [[Söderköping]] [[Riksdag]] of 1595.<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>The wedding also caused a temporary estrangement<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> occurred</del> in the relationship between Anna and Gustaf Brahe, but they soon reconciled.<ref name="ReferenceA"/></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>The wedding also caused a temporary estrangement in the relationship between Anna and Gustaf Brahe, but they soon reconciled.<ref name="ReferenceA"/></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>The Sparre Affair was to be the final break between Anna and Duke Charles. Count [[Erik Larsson Sparre]] was a staunch supporter of Sigismund, and Anna kept a box for his wife Ebba Sparre, sister of her head lady in waiting [[Margareta Brahe (1559–1638)]], at Stegeborg, which Duke Charles suspected <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">contain</del> suspicious documents.<ref name="Anna"/> When Anna left Stegeborg to attend the death bed of queen dowager [[Gunilla Bielke]] in 1597, Duke Charles had her household searched, the box of Ebba Sparre and the correspondence between Anna and the Sparre couple confiscated, and subjected Ebba Sparre as well as her sister Anna's senior lady in waiting Margareta Brahe to an interrogation regarding the [[Cryptography]] he found in Anna's papers, and accused Ebba Sparre of having smuggled in her brother, Anna's alleged lover Gustav Brahe to her.<ref>Tegenborg Falkdalen, Karin, Vasadrottningen: en biografi över Katarina Stenbock 1535-1621, Historiska media, Lund, 2015</ref></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>The Sparre Affair was to be the final break between Anna and Duke Charles. Count [[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Erik Sparre|</ins>Erik Larsson Sparre]] was a staunch supporter of Sigismund, and Anna kept a box for his wife<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">,</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Ebba Sparre<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, sister of her head lady in waiting [[Margareta Brahe (1559–1638)]], at Stegeborg, which Duke Charles suspected <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">containing</ins> suspicious documents.<ref name="Anna"/> When Anna left Stegeborg to attend the death bed of queen dowager [[Gunilla Bielke]] in 1597, Duke Charles had her household searched, the box of Ebba Sparre and the correspondence between Anna and the Sparre couple confiscated, and subjected Ebba Sparre as well as her sister Anna's senior lady in waiting Margareta Brahe to an interrogation regarding the [[Cryptography]] he found in Anna's papers, and accused Ebba Sparre of having smuggled in her brother, Anna's alleged lover Gustav Brahe to her.<ref>Tegenborg Falkdalen, Karin, Vasadrottningen: en biografi över Katarina Stenbock 1535-1621, Historiska media, Lund, 2015</ref></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Since</del> 1592, Sigismund negotiated marriage between Anna and Margrave [[John George of Brandenburg]] but political tensions kept delaying the agreement.<ref name="Anna"/> In February 1598, Sigismund demanded that Charles <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">allowed</del> Anna to return to Poland as her wedding to John George was finally set to Easter that year. Charles attempted to prevent her departure by demanding an inventory of her Swedish property and the promise that it would be confiscated by the state should she die unmarried.<ref name="Anna"/> Anna protested, advised Charles to cooperate with Sigismund and offered herself as a mediator. At the return of Sigismund to Sweden, Anna immediately joined him in the [[War against Sigismund|civil war that erupted between Sigismund and Charles]].<ref name="Anna"/> She was given the task to mediate, but because of Charles' lack of confidence in her, she was not able to achieve much.<ref name="Anna"/> After Sigismund's defeat at the [[Battle of Stångebro]] in 1598, she left Sweden to live with him in Poland.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">From</ins> 1592, Sigismund negotiated<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> a</ins> marriage between Anna and Margrave [[John George of Brandenburg]] but political tensions kept delaying the agreement.<ref name="Anna"/> In February 1598, Sigismund demanded that Charles <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">allow</ins> Anna to return to Poland as her wedding to John George was finally set to Easter that year. Charles attempted to prevent her departure by demanding an inventory of her Swedish property and the promise that it would be confiscated by the state should she die unmarried.<ref name="Anna"/> Anna protested, advised Charles to cooperate with Sigismund and offered herself as a mediator. At the return of Sigismund to Sweden, Anna immediately joined him in the [[War against Sigismund|civil war that erupted between Sigismund and Charles]].<ref name="Anna"/> She was given the task to mediate, but because of Charles' lack of confidence in her, she was not able to achieve much.<ref name="Anna"/> After Sigismund's defeat at the [[Battle of Stångebro]] in 1598, she left Sweden to live with him in Poland.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>===Later life in Poland===</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>===Later life in Poland===</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>After 1598, Anna spent the rest of her life in Poland, though she always referred to herself as a Princess of Sweden. Known as ''Anna of Svecia'' (Anna of Sweden), she was [[Protestant]] member of a Catholic royal family, and acted as a protector of the exiled Protestant Swedish loyalists of Sigismund and Polish Protestants.<ref name="Anna"/> Princess Anna maintained good relationship with and influence upon Sigismund, and she functioned as his political adviser on the affairs of state, something which made her a controversial figure in Poland.<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>After 1598, Anna spent the rest of her life in Poland, though she always referred to herself as a Princess of Sweden. Known as ''Anna of Svecia'' (Anna of Sweden), she was<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> a</ins> [[Protestant]] member of a Catholic royal family, and acted as a protector of the exiled Protestant Swedish loyalists of Sigismund and Polish Protestants.<ref name="Anna"/> Princess Anna maintained<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"> a</ins> good relationship with and influence upon Sigismund, and she functioned as his political adviser on the affairs of state, something which made her a controversial figure in Poland.<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>During the captivity of [[Carl Gyllenhielm]], an illegitimate son of Duke Charles, in Poland in 1610–13, she gave him much attention. She was given the task <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to</del> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">interrogate</del> Gyllenhielm by Sigismund, who listened hidden by a curtain.<ref name="Anna"/> She accused Charles of conspiracy to entice conflict between Sigismund and John III, something Gyllenhielm denied.<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>During the captivity of [[Carl Gyllenhielm]], an illegitimate son of Duke Charles, in Poland in 1610–13, she gave him much attention. She was given the task <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">interrogating</ins> Gyllenhielm by Sigismund, who listened hidden by a curtain.<ref name="Anna"/> She accused Charles of conspiracy to entice conflict between Sigismund and John III, something Gyllenhielm denied.<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>[[File:Anne of Sweden (1568) grave.jpg|thumb|Princess Anne's grave in Toruń]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>[[File:Anne of Sweden (1568) grave.jpg|thumb|Princess Anne's grave in Toruń]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 58:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 58:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Anna's [[appanage]] was Strasburg (now [[Brodnica]]), a [[Royal Prussia]]n district in Poland near the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]], where she lived in [[Golub-Dobrzyń|Golub]] and Strasburg. She became very respected because of her great learning. She was interested in literature, music, gardening and medicine. She was a specialist in medicinal herbs and kept her own [[apothecary]]. With the help of an Italian assistant, she made her own experiments in herbal medicine.<ref name="Anna"/> She financed the [[herbarium]] of [[Simon Syrenius]].<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Anna's [[appanage]] was Strasburg (now [[Brodnica]]), a [[Royal Prussia]]n district in Poland near the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]], where she lived in [[Golub-Dobrzyń|Golub]] and Strasburg. She became very respected because of her great learning. She was interested in literature, music, gardening and medicine. She was a specialist in medicinal herbs and kept her own [[apothecary]]. With the help of an Italian assistant, she made her own experiments in herbal medicine.<ref name="Anna"/> She financed the [[herbarium]] of [[Simon Syrenius]].<ref name="Anna"/></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>Anna was buried at the Church of St. Mary in [[Toruń]], Poland several years after her death, as the Pope had first forbidden the burial of a Protestant in a blessed graveyard in Catholic Poland. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Only her</del> nephew, king [[Władysław IV Vasa]], got that decree reversed. He built a beautiful black [[Dębnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Dębnik]] [[marble]] tomb monument with a white [[alabaster]] figure of his beloved aunt.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>Anna was buried at the Church of St. Mary in [[Toruń]], Poland several years after her death, as the Pope had first forbidden the burial of a Protestant in a blessed graveyard in Catholic Poland. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Her</ins> nephew, king [[Władysław IV Vasa]], got that decree reversed. He built a beautiful black [[Dębnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship|Dębnik]] [[marble]] tomb monument with a white [[alabaster]] figure of his beloved aunt.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>==Ancestry==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>==Ancestry==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 68:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 68:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>|boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>|boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc;</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>|boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc;</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>|boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc;</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe;</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>|1= 1. '''Anna Vasa of Sweden'''</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>|1= 1. '''Anna Vasa of Sweden'''</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>|2= 2. [[John III of Sweden]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>|2= 2. [[John III of Sweden]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 84:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 83:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>|14= 14. [[Gian Galeazzo Sforza]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>|14= 14. [[Gian Galeazzo Sforza]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>|15= 15. [[Isabella of Naples]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>|15= 15. [[Isabella of Naples]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|16= 16. [[Johan Kristiernsson Vasa]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|17= 17. [[Birgitta Gustavsdotter Sture]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|18= 18. [[Måns Karlsson Eka]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|19= 19. [[Sigrid Eskilsdotter Banér]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|20= 20. [[Abraham Kristiernsson Leijonhuvud]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|21= 21. [[Birgitta Månsdotter Natt och Dag]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|22= 22. [[Erik Karlsson Vasa]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|23= 23. [[Anna Karlsdotter Vinstorpa]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|24= 24. [[Casimir IV Jagiellon|Casimir IV Jagiellon, King of Poland]] </div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|25= 25. [[Elisabeth of Bohemia (1409–1442)|Elisabeth of Bohemia]] </div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|26= 26. [[Albert II of Germany]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|27= 27. [[Elizabeth of Luxembourg|Elisabeth of Luxembourg]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|28= 28. [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|29= 29. [[Bona of Savoy]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|30= 30. [[Alfonso II of Naples]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>|31= 31. [[Ippolita Maria Sforza]]</div></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 106:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 89:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>Elbfas Portrait of a lady with a fan (detail).jpg|Anna by Elbfas (unidentified by [[Nationalmuseum]] but accepted by academic writers)</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>Elbfas Portrait of a lady with a fan (detail).jpg|Anna by Elbfas (unidentified by [[Nationalmuseum]] but accepted by academic writers)</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>File:Brodnica, Pałac Anny Wazówny.JPG|Palace of Anna Vasa in [[Brodnica]], where she resided.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>File:Brodnica, Pałac Anny Wazówny.JPG|Palace of Anna Vasa in [[Brodnica]], where she resided.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>File:Brodnica (js)2.jpg|Tower of the Castle in Brodnica, where she resided. The castle was pulled down in 1785 by the [[Prussia]]ns.</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>File:Brodnica (js)2.jpg|Tower of the Castle in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Brodnica<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, where she resided. The castle was pulled down in 1785 by the [[Prussia]]ns.</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>File:Brodnica, pomnik Anny Wazówny 1.JPG|Monument to Anna in Brodnica</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>File:Brodnica, pomnik Anny Wazówny 1.JPG|Monument to Anna in Brodnica</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>File:Golub-Dobrzyn1 ver.jpg|Castle in [[Golub-Dobrzyń]], her residence between 1616 and 1623, which she embellished with an [[Attic style|attic]].</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>File:Golub-Dobrzyn1 ver.jpg|Castle in [[Golub-Dobrzyń]], her residence between 1616 and 1623, which she embellished with an [[Attic style|attic]].</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 116:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 99:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>==References==</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>==References==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>{{reflist}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>{{reflist}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>* [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://runeberg.org/sqvinnor/0024.html Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor /] (In Swedish)</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://runeberg.org/sqvinnor/0024.html Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor /] (In Swedish)</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><div>* [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">http</del>://runeberg.org/sbh/a0039.html Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon /] (In Swedish)</div></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* [<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">https</ins>://runeberg.org/sbh/a0039.html Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon /] (In Swedish)</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>* http://www.visittorun.pl/386,l2.html#vasa</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>* http://www.visittorun.pl/386,l2.html#vasa</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>* http://www.historiesajten.se/visainfo.asp?id=588</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>* http://www.historiesajten.se/visainfo.asp?id=588</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>== Further reading ==</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>* {{SKBL}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>{{Swedish princesses}}</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>{{Swedish princesses}}</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td> <td class="diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted"><br /></td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-added"></td> </tr> <tr> <td 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diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Princesses</ins> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Sweden</ins>|Anna 1568]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>[[Category:1568 births]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:1568 births]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>[[Category:1625 deaths]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:1625 deaths]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:People from Eskilstuna]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>[[Category:Converts to Lutheranism from Roman Catholicism]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:Converts to Lutheranism from Roman Catholicism]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-deleted"><div>[[Category:People of the War against Sigismund]]</div></td> <td class="diff-marker"></td> <td class="diff-context diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:People of the War against Sigismund]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:Daughters of kings]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:16th-century Swedish people]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:16th-century Swedish women]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:17th-century Swedish people]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:17th-century Swedish women]]</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" class="diff-empty diff-side-deleted"></td> <td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td> <td class="diff-addedline diff-side-added"><div>[[Category:Royal reburials]]</div></td> </tr> </table><hr class='diff-hr' id='mw-oldid' /> <h2 class='diff-currentversion-title'>Latest revision as of 02:51, 27 October 2024</h2> <div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Swedish princess</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Unknown_woman_called_Anna_Princess_of_Sweden.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="265" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Anna Princess of Sweden<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">17 May 1568<br /><a href="/wiki/Eskilstuna" title="Eskilstuna">Eskilstuna</a>, Sweden</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">26 February 1625<span style="display:none">(1625-02-26)</span> (aged 56)<br /><a href="/wiki/Brodnica" title="Brodnica">Brodnica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Poland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label">Church of St. Mary, <a href="/wiki/Toru%C5%84" title="Toruń">Toruń</a>, Poland</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Vasa" title="House of Vasa">Vasa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_III_of_Sweden" title="John III of Sweden">John III of Sweden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Jagellon_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Catherine Jagellon of Poland">Catherine Jagellon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Anna Vasa of Sweden</b> (also <b>Anne</b>, <a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Anna Wazówna</i>; 17 May 1568 – 26 February 1625) was a Swedish princess heavily involved in the politics of that country and of Poland. She was <a href="/wiki/Starosta" title="Starosta">starosta</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brodnica" title="Brodnica">Brodnica</a> and <a href="/wiki/Golub-Dobrzy%C5%84" title="Golub-Dobrzyń">Golub</a>. The youngest child of King <a href="/wiki/John_III_of_Sweden" title="John III of Sweden">John III of Sweden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Jagiellon" title="Catherine Jagiellon">Catherine Jagiellon</a>, she was close to her brother <a href="/wiki/Sigismund_III_Vasa" title="Sigismund III Vasa">Sigismund Vasa</a>, <a href="/wiki/King_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Poland">King of Poland</a> (1587–1632) and <a href="/wiki/King_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Sweden">King of Sweden</a> (1592–99). Raised a Catholic, Anna converted to <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a> in 1584. Though she had several suitors, she remained unmarried. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anna_Vasa_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anna_Vasa_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Anna was the youngest child of <a href="/wiki/Duke_John_of_Finland" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke John of Finland">Duke John of Finland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Jagiellon" title="Catherine Jagiellon">Catherine Jagiellon</a>, sister of King <a href="/wiki/Sigismund_III_Vasa" title="Sigismund III Vasa">Sigismund III Vasa</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland_(1385%E2%80%931569)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)">Poland</a>. She was born at <a href="/wiki/Eskilstunahus" class="mw-redirect" title="Eskilstunahus">Eskilstunahus</a> just after her family was released from captivity at <a href="/wiki/Gripsholm_Castle" title="Gripsholm Castle">Gripsholm Castle</a>. Her father ascended in 1569 to the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Sweden">throne of Sweden</a> as John III. Like her brother Sigismund, Anna was raised a <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> by her mother and attended Catholic mass.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several marriages were suggested. In 1577, there had been discussions to arrange the marriage between Anna and an Austrian Archduke, either <a href="/wiki/Matthias,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor">Matthias</a> or <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor">Maximilian II</a>, but this became impossible after her conversion a year after her mother's death.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When her Catholic aunt <a href="/wiki/Princess_Cecilia_of_Sweden" title="Princess Cecilia of Sweden">Princess Cecilia of Sweden</a> suggested a Catholic royal match for her in 1585, John III replied that Anna had converted to <a href="/wiki/Lutheranism" title="Lutheranism">Lutheranism</a> the year before. According to the tradition, the conversion was inspired by the events at the deathbed of her mother in 1583: her mother, who feared <a href="/wiki/Purgatory" title="Purgatory">purgatory</a>, was comforted by her <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> confessor who assured her that purgatory did not exist and was merely used to warn common and simple-minded people. The queen sent the Jesuit away, but it made Anna feel distaste for the falseness of Roman Catholicism.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the death of her mother, her maternal aunt Queen <a href="/wiki/Anna_Jagiellon" title="Anna Jagiellon">Anna Jagiellon</a> suggested that she be sent to Poland to be raised there, but was turned down by John III. She had her own court, supervised by her mother's former <a href="/wiki/Mistress_of_the_Robes" title="Mistress of the Robes">Mistress of the Robes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karin_Gyllenstierna" title="Karin Gyllenstierna">Karin Gyllenstierna</a>; one of her maids-of-honours being her cousin, <a href="/wiki/Sigrid_of_Sweden_(1566%E2%80%931633)" title="Sigrid of Sweden (1566–1633)">Princess Sigrid of Sweden</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_to_Poland">Move to Poland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anna_Vasa_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Move to Poland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1587, her brother, Sigismund, was elected <a href="/wiki/King_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Poland">King of Poland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duke of Lithuania">Grand Duke of Lithuania</a> as Sigismund III. Her aunt <a href="/wiki/Anna_Jagiellon" title="Anna Jagiellon">Anna Jagiellon</a> repeated her offer to have Anna with her in Poland and this time John III gave his consent for the sake of Sigismund: "So that the time now in the beginning would not be too long for your dear lord brother".<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anna left with Sigismund for Poland 12 September 1587 and was present at his coronation. During her stay at the Polish court, she attracted negative attention by celebrating Lutheran masses with her court.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1589, Anna accompanied Sigismund to the meeting with their father in <a href="/wiki/Reval" class="mw-redirect" title="Reval">Reval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Estonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Swedish Estonia">Swedish Estonia</a>. She was present during the stormy sessions of <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Sweden" title="Privy Council of Sweden">Riksråd</a> where King John insisted that Sigismund abdicate the Polish throne and come back to Sweden. Swedish councilors protested the idea and furious John promised to persecute them.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Erik_Sparre" title="Erik Sparre">Erik Sparre</a> asked Anna to intercede as mediator and calm her father.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Sigismund returned to Poland, Anna followed her father back to Sweden, where she spent the following three years. </p><p>In 1592, Anna returned to Poland to attend the wedding between her brother and <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Austria,_Queen_of_Poland" title="Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland">Anna of Austria</a>. She was disliked at the Polish court because of her religion and the influence she had over Sigismund and was suspected of having supported her father's failed plan to arrange a Protestant marriage for Sigismund with <a href="/wiki/Christina_of_Holstein-Gottorp" title="Christina of Holstein-Gottorp">Christina of Holstein-Gottorp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Archbishop was so provoked by her Lutheran services that he threatened both Anna and Sigismund with excommunication. Her sister-in-law Anna of Austria, however, prevented any persecution.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 1593, she carried her new niece Anna Maria at her baptismal. </p><p>Cardinal <a href="/wiki/Andrew_B%C3%A1thory" title="Andrew Báthory">Andrew Báthory</a> proposed a marriage for her with the <a href="/wiki/Sigismund_B%C3%A1thory" title="Sigismund Báthory">Prince of Transylvania</a>. However Anna became engaged to marry her father's first cousin Count <a href="/wiki/Gustaf_Brahe" title="Gustaf Brahe">Gustaf Brahe</a> (1558-1615), son of <a href="/wiki/Per_Brahe_the_Elder" title="Per Brahe the Elder">Per Brahe the Elder</a> and a future general in Poland.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were raised together at court and were reportedly mutually in love with each other, and there were rumors that they met each other in secret in the home of Brahe's sister Ebba Sparre.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1587, Gustaf Brahe followed Sigismund and Anna to Poland when Sigismund was elected king there. In 1589, he formally asked Sigismund for Anna's hand, and while he was not given a clear answer, he was not refused, which made him hope that he might be accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The potential marriage between princess Anna and Gustaf Brahe was fiercely opposed by <a href="/wiki/Charles_IX_of_Sweden" title="Charles IX of Sweden">Duke Charles</a>, who viewed it as a plot of Gustav Brahe to make princess Anna ruling queen regnant of Sweden while her only brother Sigismund was absent in Poland, and he therefore used their relationship in his libelous chronicle <i>Karlskrönikan</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although it was not the most desirable marriage proposed, Anna declined all other suitors. As time passed, nothing came of her intended marriage, and both Anna and Brahe remained unmarried. A definite explanation of this has not been found in historical sources, but Gustaf Brahe remained at the side of Sigismund and Anna all his life and ultimately followed them to Poland when they left Sweden for good.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Her_brother's_Swedish_reign"><span id="Her_brother.27s_Swedish_reign"></span>Her brother's Swedish reign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anna_Vasa_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Her brother's Swedish reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 1592, her brother Sigismund succeeded to the throne of Sweden at the death of their father. In September 1593, Anna returned to Sweden in the company of her brother King Sigismund and her sister-in-law Queen Anna. She was regarded with distrust by the Papal envoy Germanico Malaspina.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the scandalous riot between Catholics and Protestants during the burial service of her Polish musician Sowka in <a href="/wiki/Riddarholmskyrkan" class="mw-redirect" title="Riddarholmskyrkan">Riddarholmskyrkan</a> in November 1593, her own priest, Olaus Simonis, participated on the Protestant side. Anna herself visited her uncle <a href="/wiki/Charles_IX_of_Sweden" title="Charles IX of Sweden">Charles, Duke of Södermanland</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Uppsala" title="Uppsala">Uppsala</a> in February 1594, and attended the anti-Catholic sermon of Ericus Schepperus.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sigismund had plans to make Anna his regent in Sweden during his stay in Poland. This plan, however, was opposed by Duke Charles, who managed to have the <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Sweden" title="Privy Council of Sweden">Swedish Council</a> to appoint himself. </p><p>In 1594, Sigismund returned to Poland, while Anna remained in Sweden. Papal envoy Malaspina had convinced him to leave her behind because of her involvement in the religious riot in Riddarholmskyrkan and reminded him about the Archbishop's threat of excommunication.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anna was given an allowance with <a href="/wiki/Stegeborg_Castle" title="Stegeborg Castle">Stegeborg Castle</a> as residence of her own court with the fiefs of <a href="/wiki/Hammarkind" class="mw-redirect" title="Hammarkind">Hammarkind</a>, Björkekind, <a href="/wiki/%C3%96stkind" class="mw-redirect" title="Östkind">Östkind</a> and Lösing härad. At Stegeborg, she cultivated her interests for <a href="/wiki/Herbal_medicine" title="Herbal medicine">herbal medicine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1595, Anna arranged for the love marriage between her <a href="/wiki/Maid_of_honour" title="Maid of honour">maid of honour</a> <a href="/wiki/Sigrid_Brahe" title="Sigrid Brahe">Sigrid Brahe</a> and Johan Gyllenstierna.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This became a great scandal as Brahe was engaged to another by her family. Duke Charles refused to mediate and Anna she finally managed to create a settlement between the families at the <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B6derk%C3%B6ping" title="Söderköping">Söderköping</a> <a href="/wiki/Riksdag" title="Riksdag">Riksdag</a> of 1595.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wedding also caused a temporary estrangement in the relationship between Anna and Gustaf Brahe, but they soon reconciled.<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sparre Affair was to be the final break between Anna and Duke Charles. Count <a href="/wiki/Erik_Sparre" title="Erik Sparre">Erik Larsson Sparre</a> was a staunch supporter of Sigismund, and Anna kept a box for his wife, <a href="/wiki/Ebba_Sparre" title="Ebba Sparre">Ebba Sparre</a>, sister of her head lady in waiting <a href="/wiki/Margareta_Brahe_(1559%E2%80%931638)" title="Margareta Brahe (1559–1638)">Margareta Brahe (1559–1638)</a>, at Stegeborg, which Duke Charles suspected of containing suspicious documents.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Anna left Stegeborg to attend the death bed of queen dowager <a href="/wiki/Gunilla_Bielke" title="Gunilla Bielke">Gunilla Bielke</a> in 1597, Duke Charles had her household searched, the box of Ebba Sparre and the correspondence between Anna and the Sparre couple confiscated, and subjected Ebba Sparre as well as her sister Anna's senior lady in waiting Margareta Brahe to an interrogation regarding the <a href="/wiki/Cryptography" title="Cryptography">Cryptography</a> he found in Anna's papers, and accused Ebba Sparre of having smuggled in her brother, Anna's alleged lover Gustav Brahe to her.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1592, Sigismund negotiated a marriage between Anna and Margrave <a href="/wiki/John_George_of_Brandenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="John George of Brandenburg">John George of Brandenburg</a> but political tensions kept delaying the agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 1598, Sigismund demanded that Charles allow Anna to return to Poland as her wedding to John George was finally set to Easter that year. Charles attempted to prevent her departure by demanding an inventory of her Swedish property and the promise that it would be confiscated by the state should she die unmarried.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Anna protested, advised Charles to cooperate with Sigismund and offered herself as a mediator. At the return of Sigismund to Sweden, Anna immediately joined him in the <a href="/wiki/War_against_Sigismund" title="War against Sigismund">civil war that erupted between Sigismund and Charles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was given the task to mediate, but because of Charles' lack of confidence in her, she was not able to achieve much.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Sigismund's defeat at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_St%C3%A5ngebro" title="Battle of Stångebro">Battle of Stångebro</a> in 1598, she left Sweden to live with him in Poland. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life_in_Poland">Later life in Poland</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anna_Vasa_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later life in Poland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After 1598, Anna spent the rest of her life in Poland, though she always referred to herself as a Princess of Sweden. Known as <i>Anna of Svecia</i> (Anna of Sweden), she was a <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> member of a Catholic royal family, and acted as a protector of the exiled Protestant Swedish loyalists of Sigismund and Polish Protestants.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Princess Anna maintained a good relationship with and influence upon Sigismund, and she functioned as his political adviser on the affairs of state, something which made her a controversial figure in Poland.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the captivity of <a href="/wiki/Carl_Gyllenhielm" title="Carl Gyllenhielm">Carl Gyllenhielm</a>, an illegitimate son of Duke Charles, in Poland in 1610–13, she gave him much attention. She was given the task of interrogating Gyllenhielm by Sigismund, who listened hidden by a curtain.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She accused Charles of conspiracy to entice conflict between Sigismund and John III, something Gyllenhielm denied.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anne_of_Sweden_(1568)_grave.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Anne_of_Sweden_%281568%29_grave.jpg/220px-Anne_of_Sweden_%281568%29_grave.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Anne_of_Sweden_%281568%29_grave.jpg/330px-Anne_of_Sweden_%281568%29_grave.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Anne_of_Sweden_%281568%29_grave.jpg/440px-Anne_of_Sweden_%281568%29_grave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Princess Anne's grave in Toruń</figcaption></figure> <p>Anna remained unmarried. In 1602, duke <a href="/wiki/Charles_Gonzaga,_Duke_of_Mantua_and_Montferrat" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat">Charles de Gonzaga-Nevers</a> suggested a marriage to a French prince, which was never realized. The negotiations with <a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_von_Brandenburg" title="Johann Georg von Brandenburg">Johann Georg von Brandenburg</a> were finally discontinued in 1609. The rumors that she had a love relationship with the exiled Swedish count <a href="/wiki/Gustaf_Brahe" title="Gustaf Brahe">Gustaf Brahe</a>, a supporter of Sigismund, have never been confirmed, but it was used by Charles IX, who feared her political influence and in a letter to Sigismund from 1607 referred to her as: "Your poisonous sister, the creator of all evil and born to the destruction of all lands and the Kingdom".<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Charles IX once feared that she would marry <a href="/wiki/False_Dmitriy_I" class="mw-redirect" title="False Dmitriy I">Tsar Dmitrij of Russia</a>, which was however a false rumor. </p><p>Sigismund made Anna <a href="/wiki/Starosta" title="Starosta">starosta</a> of <a href="/wiki/Brodnica" title="Brodnica">Brodnica</a> in 1605 and <a href="/wiki/Golub-Dobrzy%C5%84" title="Golub-Dobrzyń">Golub</a> in 1611. She divided her time between her fief and the court of her brother. Anna's <a href="/wiki/Appanage" title="Appanage">appanage</a> was Strasburg (now <a href="/wiki/Brodnica" title="Brodnica">Brodnica</a>), a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Prussia" title="Royal Prussia">Royal Prussian</a> district in Poland near the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic</a>, where she lived in <a href="/wiki/Golub-Dobrzy%C5%84" title="Golub-Dobrzyń">Golub</a> and Strasburg. She became very respected because of her great learning. She was interested in literature, music, gardening and medicine. She was a specialist in medicinal herbs and kept her own <a href="/wiki/Apothecary" title="Apothecary">apothecary</a>. With the help of an Italian assistant, she made her own experiments in herbal medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She financed the <a href="/wiki/Herbarium" title="Herbarium">herbarium</a> of <a href="/wiki/Simon_Syrenius" title="Simon Syrenius">Simon Syrenius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Anna_2-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anna-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Anna was buried at the Church of St. Mary in <a href="/wiki/Toru%C5%84" title="Toruń">Toruń</a>, Poland several years after her death, as the Pope had first forbidden the burial of a Protestant in a blessed graveyard in Catholic Poland. Her nephew, king <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_IV_Vasa" title="Władysław IV Vasa">Władysław IV Vasa</a>, got that decree reversed. He built a beautiful black <a href="/wiki/D%C4%99bnik,_Lesser_Poland_Voivodeship" title="Dębnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship">Dębnik</a> <a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">marble</a> tomb monument with a white <a href="/wiki/Alabaster" title="Alabaster">alabaster</a> figure of his beloved aunt. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anna_Vasa_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Unreferenced plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Anna_Vasa_of_Sweden" title="Special:EditPage/Anna Vasa of Sweden">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">8. <a href="/wiki/Erik_Johansson_Vasa" title="Erik Johansson Vasa">Erik Johansson Vasa</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">4. <a href="/wiki/Gustav_I_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Gustav I of Sweden">Gustav I of Sweden</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">9. <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_M%C3%A5nsdotter" title="Cecilia Månsdotter">Cecilia Månsdotter</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">2. <a href="/wiki/John_III_of_Sweden" title="John III of Sweden">John III of Sweden</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">10. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Erik_Abrahamsson_Leijonhufvud&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud (page does not exist)">Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">5. <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Leijonhufvud" title="Margaret Leijonhufvud">Margaret Leijonhufvud</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">11. <a href="/wiki/Ebba_Eriksdotter_Vasa" title="Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa">Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fcc;">1. <b>Anna Vasa of Sweden</b></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; 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padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #fb9;">3. <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Jagiellon" title="Catherine Jagiellon">Catherine Jagiellon</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">14. <a href="/wiki/Gian_Galeazzo_Sforza" title="Gian Galeazzo Sforza">Gian Galeazzo Sforza</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #ffc;">7. <a href="/wiki/Bona_Sforza" title="Bona Sforza">Bona Sforza</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding:0 0.2em;background-color: #bfc;">15. <a href="/wiki/Isabella_of_Naples" class="mw-redirect" title="Isabella of Naples">Isabella of Naples</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Anna_Vasa_of_Sweden&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Elbfas_Portrait_of_a_lady_with_a_fan_(detail).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Anna by Elbfas (unidentified by Nationalmuseum but accepted by academic writers)"><img alt="Anna by Elbfas (unidentified by Nationalmuseum but accepted by academic writers)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Elbfas_Portrait_of_a_lady_with_a_fan_%28detail%29.jpg/77px-Elbfas_Portrait_of_a_lady_with_a_fan_%28detail%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="77" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Elbfas_Portrait_of_a_lady_with_a_fan_%28detail%29.jpg/116px-Elbfas_Portrait_of_a_lady_with_a_fan_%28detail%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Elbfas_Portrait_of_a_lady_with_a_fan_%28detail%29.jpg/155px-Elbfas_Portrait_of_a_lady_with_a_fan_%28detail%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="763" data-file-height="1181" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Anna by Elbfas (unidentified by <a href="/wiki/Nationalmuseum" title="Nationalmuseum">Nationalmuseum</a> but accepted by academic writers)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brodnica,_Pa%C5%82ac_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Palace of Anna Vasa in Brodnica, where she resided."><img alt="Palace of Anna Vasa in Brodnica, where she resided." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Brodnica%2C_Pa%C5%82ac_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny.JPG/120px-Brodnica%2C_Pa%C5%82ac_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Brodnica%2C_Pa%C5%82ac_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny.JPG/180px-Brodnica%2C_Pa%C5%82ac_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Brodnica%2C_Pa%C5%82ac_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny.JPG/240px-Brodnica%2C_Pa%C5%82ac_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4800" data-file-height="2800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Palace of Anna Vasa in <a href="/wiki/Brodnica" title="Brodnica">Brodnica</a>, where she resided.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brodnica_(js)2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tower of the Castle in Brodnica, where she resided. The castle was pulled down in 1785 by the Prussians."><img alt="Tower of the Castle in Brodnica, where she resided. The castle was pulled down in 1785 by the Prussians." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Brodnica_%28js%292.jpg/80px-Brodnica_%28js%292.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Brodnica_%28js%292.jpg/120px-Brodnica_%28js%292.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Brodnica_%28js%292.jpg/160px-Brodnica_%28js%292.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3445" data-file-height="5167" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Tower of the Castle in <a href="/wiki/Brodnica" title="Brodnica">Brodnica</a>, where she resided. The castle was pulled down in 1785 by the <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussians</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Brodnica,_pomnik_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny_1.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Monument to Anna in Brodnica"><img alt="Monument to Anna in Brodnica" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Brodnica%2C_pomnik_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny_1.JPG/83px-Brodnica%2C_pomnik_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny_1.JPG" decoding="async" width="83" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Brodnica%2C_pomnik_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny_1.JPG/125px-Brodnica%2C_pomnik_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny_1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Brodnica%2C_pomnik_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny_1.JPG/167px-Brodnica%2C_pomnik_Anny_Waz%C3%B3wny_1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2750" data-file-height="3950" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Monument to Anna in Brodnica</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Golub-Dobrzyn1_ver.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Castle in Golub-Dobrzyń, her residence between 1616 and 1623, which she embellished with an attic."><img alt="Castle in Golub-Dobrzyń, her residence between 1616 and 1623, which she embellished with an attic." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Golub-Dobrzyn1_ver.jpg/120px-Golub-Dobrzyn1_ver.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Golub-Dobrzyn1_ver.jpg/180px-Golub-Dobrzyn1_ver.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Golub-Dobrzyn1_ver.jpg/240px-Golub-Dobrzyn1_ver.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1008" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Castle in <a href="/wiki/Golub-Dobrzy%C5%84" title="Golub-Dobrzyń">Golub-Dobrzyń</a>, her residence between 1616 and 1623, which she embellished with an <a href="/wiki/Attic_style" class="mw-redirect" title="Attic style">attic</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Torun_kosciol_NMP_wnetrze.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nave of the Church of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Toruń, where she was buried."><img alt="Nave of the Church of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Toruń, where she was buried." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Torun_kosciol_NMP_wnetrze.jpg/90px-Torun_kosciol_NMP_wnetrze.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Torun_kosciol_NMP_wnetrze.jpg/135px-Torun_kosciol_NMP_wnetrze.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Torun_kosciol_NMP_wnetrze.jpg/180px-Torun_kosciol_NMP_wnetrze.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1638" data-file-height="2188" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Nave of the Church of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in <a href="/wiki/Toru%C5%84" title="Toruń">Toruń</a>, where she was buried.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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Almquist.), hämtad 2013-12-07.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ReferenceA-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ReferenceA_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Gustaf Brahe, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="urn:sbl:18043">urn:sbl:18043</a>, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av B. BOËTHIUS.), hämtad 2017-12-29.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tegenborg Falkdalen, Karin, Vasadrottningen: en biografi över Katarina Stenbock 1535-1621, Historiska media, Lund, 2015</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://runeberg.org/sqvinnor/0024.html">Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor /</a> (In Swedish)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://runeberg.org/sbh/a0039.html">Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon /</a> (In Swedish)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.visittorun.pl/386,l2.html#vasa">http://www.visittorun.pl/386,l2.html#vasa</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.historiesajten.se/visainfo.asp?id=588">http://www.historiesajten.se/visainfo.asp?id=588</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hedvig_Sophia_of_Sweden" title="Hedvig Sophia of Sweden">Hedvig Sophia, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulrika_Eleonora_of_Sweden" title="Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden">Queen Ulrika Eleonora</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">6th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>None</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">7th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Albertina,_Abbess_of_Quedlinburg" title="Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg">Princess Sophia Albertina</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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of Norway</a><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_1"><a href="#endnote_1">[1]</a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrid_of_Sweden" title="Astrid of Sweden">Astrid, Queen of the Belgians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">13th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ingrid_of_Sweden" title="Ingrid of Sweden">Ingrid, Queen of Denmark</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">14th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Margaretha,_Mrs._Ambler" title="Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler">Princess Margaretha, Mrs. Ambler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Birgitta_of_Sweden" title="Princess Birgitta of Sweden">Birgitta, Princess Johann Georg of 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