German-Swedish Royalty. She was a member of the Wittelsbach Dynasty of Germany (Pfalz) and became Princess of Sweden when she married the future King Carl IX in 1579. They were Duke and Duchess of Sudermania, Vermillandia, most of Nericia and part of Westmania. She was described as a frail little creature with a mild and pleasing disposition and much loved by her tough husband whose hot temper she often was able to sooth. Only one of her five children with the duke survived childhood, and she herself died a few months after giving birth to their youngest. A Palatine relative of hers married the daughter who did survive, and they went on to found the second round of the House of Wittelsbach on the Swedish throne, lasting until 1720. She was a devout Lutheran, which had attributed to her eligibility to marry the Swedish prince-duke and which strengthened his own beliefs during their marriage. He deeply mourned her when she died, after a long period of ill health, and he named the town of Mariefred for her across the bay from historic Gripsholm Castle.
German-Swedish Royalty. She was a member of the Wittelsbach Dynasty of Germany (Pfalz) and became Princess of Sweden when she married the future King Carl IX in 1579. They were Duke and Duchess of Sudermania, Vermillandia, most of Nericia and part of Westmania. She was described as a frail little creature with a mild and pleasing disposition and much loved by her tough husband whose hot temper she often was able to sooth. Only one of her five children with the duke survived childhood, and she herself died a few months after giving birth to their youngest. A Palatine relative of hers married the daughter who did survive, and they went on to found the second round of the House of Wittelsbach on the Swedish throne, lasting until 1720. She was a devout Lutheran, which had attributed to her eligibility to marry the Swedish prince-duke and which strengthened his own beliefs during their marriage. He deeply mourned her when she died, after a long period of ill health, and he named the town of Mariefred for her across the bay from historic Gripsholm Castle.
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