Events from the year 1559 in Sweden
Incumbents Monarch – Gustav I
Events
11 September - Duke John is sent to England to negotiate the wedding between Queen Elizabeth and Prince Erik. 13 December - Wedding between Princess Catherine and Edzard II, Count of East Frisia. A great scandal takes place when Princess Cecilia of Sweden and Johan II of East Frisia is discovered to have an illegal sexual relationship, known as Vadstena Rumble.Karin Tegenborg Falkdalen (2010). Vasadöttrarna (The Vasa Daughters). Falun: Historiska Media. (In Swedish) - The king and his sons make a solemn entry in to the capital.
Births
January 1 - Virginia Eriksdotter, illegitimate royal daughter (died 1633) July 2 - Margareta Brahe, courtier (died 1638)
Deaths
January - Christina Gyllenstierna, national heroine (died 1497) 25 January - Christian II of Denmark and Sweden (born 1481)
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