{"slug": "erik-xiv", "label": "Erik XIV", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_XIV", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52945", "qid": "Q52945", "description": "Swedish king (1533-1577)", "entries": 15, "years": 11, "span": [1533, 1649], "span_label": ["1533 CE", "1649 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Eric XIV", "Eric XIV of Sweden", "Erik XIV of Sweden"], "related": [{"slug": "john-iii-of-sweden", "label": "John III of Sweden", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gustav-vasa", "label": "Gustav Vasa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "elizabeth-i", "label": "Elizabeth I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-ix-of-sweden", "label": "Charles IX of Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sigismund-ii-augustus", "label": "Sigismund II Augustus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monarchy-of-sweden", "label": "Monarchy of Sweden", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1533, "year_label": "1533 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1577)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359627731#Births", "title": "1533", "revid": 1359627731, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1533, "year_label": "1533 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 13", "text": "13 December - Eric XIV of Sweden, monarch (died 1577)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367228010#Births", "title": "1533 in Sweden", "revid": 1367228010, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1558, "year_label": "1558 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Crown Prince Eric proposes to Elizabeth I of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324329638#Undated", "title": "1558 in Sweden", "revid": 1324329638, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – Eric XIV becomes King of Sweden, upon the death of his father, Gustav Vasa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359957428#July–September", "title": "1560", "revid": 1359957428, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1561, "year_label": "1561 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Erik XIV is crowned King of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358043209#April–June", "title": "1561", "revid": 1358043209, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 9", "text": "November 9 – The Army of Sweden, under the command of King Eric XIV, suffers a severe defeat in the Battle of Mared against the Army of Denmark, commanded by King Frederik II. In the battle, near what is now the city of Oskarström in Sweden, the Swedes suffer at least 2,500 casualties. The Swedish Army is able to retreat and rebuild, but the Danes plunder the village of Övraby, which is never rebuilt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164885#October–December", "title": "1563", "revid": 1369164885, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1564, "year_label": "1564 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "A map of Sweden, attributed to Ambrosius Thoms, was completed this year. It is presumed to have been created to aid in a coup-d’etat to liberate John III (half-brother of King Erik XIV, who would become the next King of Sweden in 1569) from Gripsholm Castle. John was imprisoned there in 1563 for treason, along with his new wife, on account of their marriage, because she was the younger sister of Poland's King Sigismund II Augustus, with whom King Erik XIV was at war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353436290#Events", "title": "1564 in Sweden", "revid": 1353436290, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1564, "year_label": "1564 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – King Eric XIV of Sweden, who has been commanding the Swedish Army himself since the start of the Northern Seven Years' War, turns over the responsibility to Nils Boije, who captures Varberg from Denmark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363117508#July–September", "title": "1564", "revid": 1363117508, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Sture Murders: The mentally unstable King Erik XIV of Sweden and his guards murder five incarcerated nobles at Uppsala Castle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362147494#April–June", "title": "1567", "revid": 1362147494, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 24", "text": "24 May - Erik XIV endures a fit of insanity during which he commits the Sture Murders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364833563#Events", "title": "1567 in Sweden", "revid": 1364833563, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May", "text": "May - Eric XIV recuperates from his mental illness and resume government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341553799#Events", "title": "1568 in Sweden", "revid": 1341553799, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – The Swedish king Eric XIV is deposed by his half-brothers John and Charles. John proclaims himself king John III the next day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362476556#July–September", "title": "1568", "revid": 1362476556, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1569, "year_label": "1569 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1569 Plot: The first of three conspiracies with the intent to depose John III of Sweden and reinstate the imprisoned Eric XIV on the Swedish throne is exposed in Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794933#Dates_unknown", "title": "1569", "revid": 1366794933, "section": "Events › Dates unknown"}}, {"year": 1577, "year_label": "1577 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – King Eric XIV of Sweden (b. 1533)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361323001#Deaths", "title": "1577", "revid": 1361323001, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1649, "year_label": "1649 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Constantia Eriksdotter, illegitimate daughter of Eric XIV of Sweden and Agda Persdotter (born 1560)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360056733#Deaths", "title": "1649 in Sweden", "revid": 1360056733, "section": "Deaths"}}]}