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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 a mistress of King Eric XIV of Sweden and then briefly queen as his wife. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karin Månsdotter has received more than 187,704 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Karin Månsdotter is the 298th most popular companion (up from 313th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 178th 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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  • 2.14

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Karin Månsdotter ranks 298 out of 673Before her are Linda McCartney, Queen Rania of Jordan, Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary, Scribonia, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Rogneda of Polotsk. After her are Imelda Marcos, Vipsania Agrippina, Kunigunda of Halych, Princess Ileana of Romania, Princess Taiping, and Berengaria of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1550, Karin Månsdotter ranks 11Before her are Charles IX of Sweden, Henry I, Duke of Guise, Camillus de Lellis, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Jang-geum, and John Davis. After her are Stanislaus Kostka, Jacobus Gallus, Do-Aklin, Giorgio Basta, Emilio de' Cavalieri, and Damat Ibrahim Pasha. Among people deceased in 1612, Karin Månsdotter ranks 9Before her are Vasili IV of Russia, Giovanni Gabrieli, Christopher Clavius, Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Federico Barocci, and Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales. After her are Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Jodocus Hondius, Hans Leo Hassler, Piotr Skarga, and John Smyth.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Karin Månsdotter ranks 163 out of 1,612Before her are Michael Nyqvist (1960), Alexander Roslin (1718), Stenkil (1030), Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681), Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516), and Gustaf de Laval (1845). After her are Elias Magnus Fries (1794), Eric XII of Sweden (1339), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Inge the Younger (1100), Kurt Hamrin (1934), and Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1953).

Among COMPANIONS In Sweden

Among companions born in Sweden, Karin Månsdotter ranks 5Before 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).