Lucretia Magnusdotter (Gyllenhielm)

Lucretia Magnusdotter (Gyllenhielm) (1562-1624), was the illegitimate daughter of the Swedish prince Magnus, Duke of Östergötland, and Valborg Eriksdotter. She married the German noble Christoffer von Warnstedt (1542-1627) in 1586. [1] [2]

Gyllenhielm as painted by Crommeny in the 1590s.

Life

As was the tradition with the illegitimate children of royalty, she was raised by her mother until the age of three. Thereafter, she was placed in the care of her aunt, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, to whom she became a courtier as an adult.

In 1581, she followed Elizabeth to her wedding in Germany with Christopher, Duke of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch. There, she met the nobleman and courtier Christoffer von Warnstedt and wished to marry him, but she was not granted permission by John III of Sweden until 1586. The couple settled in Sweden, were her spouse became governor and she the head lady in waiting (hovmästarinna) to Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern, consort of her uncle King Charles IX of Sweden.

Issue
  1. Carl (1587-29 November 1607)
  2. Johan (1590 - 1628), married to Anna Kyle.
  3. Magnus (-1626)
  4. Christina (24 March 1600 - 15 April 1654)
  5. Melcher (June 1602 - 21 February 1655)
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gollark: I mean, if it would be 1 good if everyone did X, but 0.000001 good if I did X, then the possibility of 1 good which I *can't cause* doesn't affect the goodness of me doing it, unless you expect that I can cause that, which is probably wrong.
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References
  1. "Lukretia Magnusdotter (Wasa) (1562 –1624)". gavledraget.se. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  2. "Christoffer von Warnstedt (1542 – 1627)". gavledraget.se. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

Other sources
  • Gadd, Pia (Swedish): Frillor, fruar och herrar - en okänd kvinnohistoria (Mistresses, wives and masters - an unknown history of women) Falun 2009

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