Cecilia of Sweden (Swedish: Cecilia Gustavsdotter Vasa) (16 November 1540 in Stockholm – 27 January 1627 in Brussels), was Princess of Sweden as the daughter of King Gustav I and his second queen, Margaret Leijonhufvud, and Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern through marriage with Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern.
She is the most famous of the daughters of Gustav Vasa, known for a courtship scandal in connection with a sister's wedding and for a lengthy stay in England under Elizabeth I where her first child was born.
Author: Unknown sculptor (photo scanned & colored by Ristesson Ent.) Source: From Svenska Kungliga bildstoder och sigill P. E. Hedman, Duvnäs, 1905 License:
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