Princess Catherine of Sweden
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Catarina Vasa, retratada por Jacob Heinrich Elbfas.

Princess Catherine of Sweden (Prinsessan Katarina) (10 November 1584 – 13 December 1638) was the daughter of Charles IX of Sweden and his first wife Maria of Palatinate-Simmern. Katarina kyrka in Stockholm is named after her.

On 11 June 1615, she married count palatine John Casimir of Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Five of their children survived infancy:

• Christina Magdalena (1616–1662); married Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach. King Adolf Frederick of Sweden was her great-grandson
• King Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622–1660)
• Maria Eufrosyne (1625–1687); married Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
• Eleonora Catherine (1626–1692); married Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege
• Adolf John (1629–1689)

  Swedish Royalty
  House of Vasa

Gustav I Parents    Erik Johansson, Cecilia Månsdotter Children    Eric XIV, John III, Catherine, Cecilia, Magnus, Anna Maria, Sophia, Elizabeth, Charles IX Eric XIV Children    Sigrid, Gustav John III Children    Sigismund, Anna, John Sigismund Children    Władysław IV, John II Casimir, John Albert, Charles Ferdinand, Alexander Charles, Anna Catherine Constance Charles IX Children    Catherine, Gustav II Adolf, Maria Elizabeth, Christina, Charles Philip Grandson    Charles X Gustav Gustav II Adolf Children    Christina Christina

Ancestors

Catherine of Sweden's ancestors in three generations