Eric XIV

/ ˈɛrɪk /

noun

1. Eric XIV15331577MSwedishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1533–77, king of Sweden (1560–68). His attempts to dominate the Baltic led to war with Denmark (1563–70); deposed and imprisoned

Example Sentences

In 1434, led by Engelbrecht, the miner, they rose against the oppressive tyranny of the officers of Eric XIV. of Denmark, and in 1519-1523 it was among them that Gustavus Vasa found his staunchest supporters in his patriotic task of freeing Sweden from the yoke of the Danes.

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The tension which had prevailed between the two kingdoms during the last years of Gustavus Vasa reached breaking point on the accession of Gustavus’s eldest son Eric XIV.

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His mother, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, was the elder sister of Catherine, the first wife of Gustavus Vasa and the mother of Eric XIV.

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During the course of this Seven Years’ War Frederick II. had narrowly escaped the fate of his deposed cousin Eric XIV.

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The dark tragedy, known as the Sture murders, began with Eric XIV.’s strange treatment of young Count Nils.

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