Eric XIV of Sweden, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish king
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Place of Birth: Stockholm City, Sweden
About Eric XIV of Sweden
- Eric XIV (Swedish: Erik XIV; 13 December 1533 – 26 February 1577) was King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568.
- Eric XIV was the eldest son of Gustav I (1496–1560) and Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513–35).
- He was also ruler of Estonia, after its conquest by Sweden in 1561. While he has been regarded as intelligent and artistically skilled, as well as politically ambitious, early in his reign he showed signs of mental instability, a condition that eventually led to insanity.
- Some scholars claim that his illness began early during his reign, while others believe that it first manifested with the Sture murders. Eric, having been deposed and imprisoned, was most likely murdered.
- An examination of his remains in 1958 confirmed that he probably died of arsenic poisoning.
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Source: Hearn, Karen, ed. Dynasties: Painting in Tudor and Jacobean England 1530-1630. New York: Rizzoli, 1995. ISBN 0-8478-1940-X.
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Steven van der Meulen
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| Alternative names | Steven van der Muelen | ||
| Description | Southern Netherlandish painter | ||
| Date of birth/death | 1568 | ||
| Location of birth/death | Antwerp (?) | London | |
| Work period | from 1543 until 1568 | ||
| Work location | Antwerp (1543-1552), London (1560-1568), Stockholm (1561) | ||
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Source: Hearn, Karen, ed. Dynasties: Painting in Tudor and Jacobean England 1530-1630. New York: Rizzoli, 1995. ISBN 0-8478-1940-X.
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