Cecilia of Sweden
| Princess Cecilia of Sweden | |
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Princess Cecilia of Sweden
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| Margravine consort of Baden-Rodemachern | |
| Tenure | 1564—1575 |
| Predecessor | Mechthild of Bavaria |
| Successor | Maria van Eicken |
| Born |
16 November 1540 |
| Died | 27 January 1627 (aged 86) Brussels |
| Spouse | Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern |
| House | Vasa |
| Father | Gustav I of Sweden |
| Mother | Margareta Leijonhufvud |
Cecilia of Sweden, (Swedish: Cecilia Gustavsdotter Vasa) (16 November 1540 in – 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.
Cecilia was described as the most beautiful of the daughters of Gustav I, and were frequently mentioned because of her beauty. She has been referred to as somewhat of a Black Sheep of the family, because of the scandals she was involved in. During her early childhood, she, as well as her siblings in the royal nursery, were primarily under the care of her mother the queen's trusted nurse, Brigitta Lars Anderssons, her mothers cousin lady Margareta and the noble widow Ingrid Amundsdotter. After the death of her mother in 1551, she as well as her siblings were placed in the care of Christina Gyllenstierna and then under her aunts Brita and Martha Leijonhufvud before her father's remarriage to Catherine Stenbock. They were then under the responsibility of their stepmother and, more precisely, the head-lady-in-waiting Anna Hogenskild.
In 1556, she and her sisters were given a dowry of 100.000 daler, had their portraits painted and their personal qualities described in Latin by the court poet Henricus Mollerus and presented on the Dynastic marriage market. The same year, her father presented Ostfriesland with a trading treaty and a marriage alliance. Ostfriesland was chosen because it was strategically placed toward Denmark, and because the Calvinistic Emden was a rival to Lubeck and a treaty could break the domination of the Hanseatic league in Sweden. In 1557, the trading treaty was completed, and in 1558, Edzard visited Sweden to meet Cecilia and her sister Catherine Vasa and chose one of them to complete the marriage treaty, and Edzard chose Catherine.
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