#eric xiv

[bforbetterthanyou]

I don't think it's impossible for one of their daughters to marry Phillip II of Spain, but somewhat unlikely due to religious differences. Although in real life he did send a proposal of marriage to Elizabeth after Mary died so you never know. Eric XIV of Sweden could also be an option though, or John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony (who was actually a nephew of Anne of Cleves).

Charles V (Phillip II’s father) did have a daughter named Joanna who was born in 1535. In real life, we know that after Catherine died, Charles was toying with the idea of an alliance with England and even recognizing Anne as Queen. Unfortunately for Catherine, I think if Anne had had a son, Charles would’ve recognized Anne and her son even while Catherine was still alive. So my scenario is that Charles and Henry would negotiate becoming allies and part of the negotiation would be to betroth Henry and Anne’s son (let’s call him Edward) to Charles’s daughter Joanna. But ultimately, the match would fall through due to religious differences. When it came to Phillip II proposing marriage to Elizabeth, I think he just did that because he wanted to rule England plain and simple.

I had considered John Frederick II actually. As for Eric XIV...I just looked him up. He was a Lutheran...but also apparently he went insane, killed 5 of his nobleman (and not in a judicial way), was deposed, then imprisoned, and then murdered via poisoning. So maybe not that.

[tiny-librarian]

Karin Månsdotter, Eric XIV and Jöran Persson, in a painting by Georg von Rosen.

[x-heesy]

ℭ𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔪𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔬𝔯 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔟𝔶 𝔈𝔩𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔞 𝔏𝔦𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔱 𝔬𝔣 𝔄𝔫𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔭 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔖𝔴𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔥 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔈𝔯𝔦𝔠 𝔛ℑ𝔙 𝔦𝔫 1563-1564.

ℭ𝔯𝔢𝔡𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔞𝔟𝔬𝔳𝔢

[sherrylipgloss]

Regents of Sweden + The Onion (part 1/2)

[b-tonyukuk]

İsveç Kralı 14. Eric'in sabatonu. Sanat eseri. 

[tiny-librarian]

Royal Birthdays for today, December 13th:

Frederick III, King of Sicily, 1272

Eric XIV, King of Sweden, 1533

Henry IV, King of France and Navarre, 1553

Yongzheng Emperor, Emperor of China, 1678

Ludwig, Archduke of Austria, 1784

Marina of Greece and Denmark, Duchess of Kent, 1906

Maria da Glória, Duchess of Segorbe, 1946

Aymeric, Prince of Belgium, 2005

Nicolas, Prince of Belgium, 2005

[steellegacy]

⚜️ A richly ornate armor of Eric XIV of Sweden, 1560s

This armor is one of oldest objects of the Royal Armory in Stockholm and truly has tremendous value.

Materials: steel with an etched and stamped pattern on it, gilding of individual parts.

The total weight: 25,6 kg

🏛 Livrustkammaren, Stockholm

TODAY IN HISTORY: September 30, 1568 - Eric XIV, king of Sweden, is deposed after showing signs of madness.

📝 Facts About Eric XIV, the Butcher King:

▪️ He was a man of contradictions; he was both humble and haughty, and urbane and well read, but also barbaric.

▪️ He was scarily smart and richly talented. Eric was an eerily bright child who excelled at both languages and mathematics.

▪️ The Swedish tradition of eating crayfish was introduced by Eric XIV - he was very fond of crayfish and cultivated them in the moat around Kalmar Castle.

▪️ Eric had sought to enhance his reputation as a King by securing a grand marriage. For years, he had been competing for the hand of England's "Virgin Queen" Elizabeth I Tudor (1533-1603).

▪️ He had an allegiance to exactly one person: himself.

▪️ He showed signs of schizophrenia in his alternating moods of violent frenzy and abject repentance. Two guards were sentenced to death for 'annoying the King'. If someone smiled or whispered in his presence, Eric believed that he was ridiculed.

▪️ Eric was deprived of the crown and was then detained at various castles in Sweden and Finland until he was probably murdered at the castle of Örbyhus at the command of Johan III.

▪️ He was buried in Västerås Catherdral.

▪️ According to an expert, an opening in 1958 by Eric XIV's grave did not provide proof that the arsenic found was the result of poisoning. Another expert's conclusion was that "the whole finding thus fully supports the assumption that Eric XIV has been poisoned with arsenic".

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⚜️ Богато украшенные доспехи шведского короля Эрика XIV, 1560-е гг.

Этот гарнитур является одним из старейших экспонатов королевской оружейной палаты и действительно имеет огромную ценность.

Общий вес: 25,6 кг

Материалы: сталь, травленый и одновременно штампованный узор, позолота отдельных деталей

🏛 Ливрусткаммарен, Стокгольм

ДЕНЬ В ИСТОРИИ: 30 сентября 1568 года - Король Швеции Эрик XIV был свергнут после того, как у него появились признаки безумия

📝Факты о шведском «Короле-мяснике»:

▪️ Он был противоречивым человеком - одновременно скромным и высокомерным, вежливым и начитанным, но в то же время варваром.

▪️ Он был пугающе умен и очень талантлив: преуспевал как в языках, так и в математике.

▪️ Ввел шведскую традицию поедания раков, поскольку очень любил раков и выращивал их во рву вокруг Кальмарского замка.

▪️ Эрик стремился улучшить свою репутацию короля, заключив грандиозный брак. В течение многих лет он боролся за руку английской королевы-девственницы Елизаветы I Тюдор (1533–1603).

▪️ Был предан ровно одному человеку: самому себе.

▪️ Он проявлял признаки шизофрении, резко сменяя настроение от жестокого безумия до жалкого раскаяния. Двое стражников были приговорены к смертной казни за «раздражение короля». Если кто-то в его присутствии улыбался или шептал, Эрик считал, что его высмеивают.

▪️ Эрик был лишен короны, а затем содержался под стражей в различных замках Швеции и Финляндии, пока, вероятно, не был убит в замке Орбихус по приказу Йохана III.

▪️ Был похоронен в Вестеросском соборе.

▪️ Вскрытие могилы Эрика XIV в 1958 г. не дало доказательств того, что обнаруженный мышьяк был результатом отравления. Заключение же другого эксперта гласит, что «все данные полностью подтверждают предположение, что Эрик XIV был отравлен мышьяком».

#EricXIV #armor #history #ЭрикXIV

[theladyelizabeth]

[King Eric XIV] then asked me if I could devise any way to have yea or nay of [Queen Elizabeth I]. He also asked why Lord Robert was so much in favour. I said that he had served the Queen when she was but Lady Elizabeth, and in her trouble did sell away a good piece of his land to aid her. The King said the Queen was so virtuous that he did not believe what had been reported of her. I said he did well not to credit false reports.

Account of John Dymock, English jewel merchant, meeting King Eric XIV of Sweden in 1561.