{"slug": "john-iii-of-sweden", "label": "John III of Sweden", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_III_of_Sweden", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52944", "qid": "Q52944", "description": "Swedish king (1537-1592)", "entries": 21, "years": 13, "span": [1526, 1592], "span_label": ["1526 CE", "1592 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "erik-xiv", "label": "Erik XIV", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sigismund-iii-vasa", "label": "Sigismund III Vasa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charles-ix-of-sweden", "label": "Charles IX of Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gustav-vasa", "label": "Gustav Vasa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "monarchy-of-sweden", "label": "Monarchy of Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-iii-of-france", "label": "Henry III of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sigismund-ii-augustus", "label": "Sigismund II Augustus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-xi-of-sweden", "label": "Charles XI of Sweden", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1526, "year_label": "1526 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (d. 1583)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369353275#Births", "title": "1526", "revid": 1369353275, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1537, "year_label": "1537 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362632656#Births", "title": "1537", "revid": 1362632656, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1537, "year_label": "1537 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 20", "text": "20 December - John III of Sweden, monarch (died 1592)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368946497#Births", "title": "1537 in Sweden", "revid": 1368946497, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1556, "year_label": "1556 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Future King Prince John, younger son of King Gustav I of Sweden becomes Duke of Finland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320371006#Date_unknown", "title": "1556", "revid": 1320371006, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1558, "year_label": "1558 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 8", "text": "March 8 – The city of Pori (Björneborg) is founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141988#January–March", "title": "1558", "revid": 1368141988, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1559, "year_label": "1559 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 11", "text": "11 September - Duke John is sent to England to negotiate the wedding between Queen Elizabeth and Prince Erik.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1313678053#Events", "title": "1559 in Sweden", "revid": 1313678053, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1562, "year_label": "1562 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 4", "text": "4 October - The wedding between Prince John and Catherine Jagiellon causes a conflict between the king and his brother, due to a bet on which brother would marry her, based on the belief that she was homely.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341553083#Events", "title": "1562 in Sweden", "revid": 1341553083, "section": "Events"}}, {"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": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Elizabeth, called Isabella, was born to John III and Catherine Jagiellon, during their imprisonment in Gripsholm Castle. She died at the age of two, also during their imprisonment, which lasted until 1567.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353436290#Births", "title": "1564 in Sweden", "revid": 1353436290, "section": "Births"}}, {"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": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 30", "text": "30 September - John III is declared King.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341553799#Events", "title": "1568 in Sweden", "revid": 1341553799, "section": "Events"}}, {"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": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September – A plot to assassinate John III of Sweden is discovered, headed by Charles de Mornay and implicating Charles Dancay, Hogenskild Bielke, Gustaf Banér, Pontus De la Gardie, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Duke Charles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368294863#July–September", "title": "1574", "revid": 1368294863, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1574, "year_label": "1574 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September - The Mornay Plot, a plot to assassinate John III of Sweden is discovered, headed by Charles de Mornay and implicating Charles Dancay, Hogenskild Bielke, Gustaf Banér, Pontus De la Gardie, Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Duke Charles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342946655#Events", "title": "1574 in Sweden", "revid": 1342946655, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1583, "year_label": "1583 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Jean Allard began negotiations with Henry III of France with the aim of overthrowing King John III of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1307857733#Events", "title": "1583 in Sweden", "revid": 1307857733, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1583, "year_label": "1583 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 16", "text": "September 16 – Catherine Jagiellon, queen of John III of Sweden (b. 1526)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363312090#Deaths", "title": "1583", "revid": 1363312090, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1585, "year_label": "1585 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – King Johan III of Sweden, widowed since 1583, marries Gunilla Bielke in a ceremony at Västerås, which the King's siblings refuse to attend. The coronation of Queen consort Gunilla takes place the next day. Over the next seven years, she works on changing the Catholic government's attitude towards Protestants.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365931198#January–March", "title": "1585", "revid": 1365931198, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 17", "text": "17 November - John III is succeeded by his son, the Polish electoral monarch Sigismund III Vasa, which create a personal union between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Poland. This is opposed by both the Royal Council and Duke Charles, who unite against him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371058561#Events", "title": "1592 in Sweden", "revid": 1371058561, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – Sigismund III Vasa becomes the new King of Sweden upon the death of his father, King John III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477183#October–December", "title": "1592", "revid": 1362477183, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – King John III of Sweden (b. 1537)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477183#Deaths", "title": "1592", "revid": 1362477183, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 17", "text": "17 November - John III, monarch (born 1537)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371058561#Deaths", "title": "1592 in Sweden", "revid": 1371058561, "section": "Deaths"}}]}