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Karin Månsdotter

1550 - 1612

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Karin Månsdotter (in English Catherine; 6 November 1550 – 13 September 1612) was first the mistress and then the Queen of King Eric XIV of Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karin Månsdotter has received more than 192,017 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Karin Månsdotter is the 344th most popular companion (down from 298th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 162nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Companion.

Karin Månsdotter was most famous for being the wife of King Charles XII of Sweden.

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  • 60.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Karin Månsdotter ranks 344 out of 784. Before her are Eurydice II of Macedon, Empress Shōken, Bertrade de Montfort, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Anne Hyde, and Domitia Longina. After her are Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt, Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Lady Zhen, and Tuya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Karin Månsdotter ranks 12. Before her are Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Jang-geum, John Davis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, and Stanislaus Kostka. After her are Giorgio Basta, Do-Aklin, Jacobus Gallus, Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Emilio de' Cavalieri, and Michael Maestlin. Among people deceased in 1612, Karin Månsdotter ranks 9. Before her are Vasili IV of Russia, Giovanni Gabrieli, Federico Barocci, Christopher Clavius, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Anne Catherine of Brandenburg. After her are Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Hans Leo Hassler, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Jodocus Hondius, and Ernest of Bavaria.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Karin Månsdotter ranks 179 out of 1,879. Before her are Maud Adams (1945), Sten Sture the Elder (1440), Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865), Per Albin Hansson (1885), Lars Levi Laestadius (1800), and Carl Bildt (1949). After her are Catherine of Vadstena (1331), PewDiePie (1989), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Erik Acharius (1757), Tage Erlander (1901), and Lars Lagerbäck (1948).

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Among COMPANIONS In Sweden

Among companions born in Sweden, Karin Månsdotter ranks 5. Before her are Ingrid of Sweden (1910), Astrid of Sweden (1905), Louise of Sweden (1851), and Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516). After her are Gunilla Bielke (1568), Catherine Stenbock (1535), Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277), Princess Elizabeth of Sweden (1549), Princess Amalia of Sweden (1805), and Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (1984).

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