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Cecilia Månsdotter
Cecilia Månsdotter Eka (c. 1476–1523) also called ''Cecilia of Eka'', was a Swedish noblewoman. She was the spouse of Erik Johansson Vasa and mother of King Gustav I of Sweden. Biography Cecilia was born around 1476 in Eka, Lillkyrka, which is now known as Eka, Örebro County in Sweden. She was the oldest of the two children from the nobles Sigrid Eskilsdotter Banér and Magnus Karlsson Eka. Her mother later remarried, and became the mother of the famous Christina Gyllenstierna in her second marriage, who was thereby Cecilia's half sister. Cecilia Månsdotter married the noble Erik Johansson Vasa before 1495 and with him had eight children. In 1520, Cecilia's half sister Christina defended Stockholm from the Danish invasion, but was forced to surrender. Cecilia became a widow when her husband was executed at the Stockholm Bloodbath in 1520. She, as well as her half sister Christina Gyllenstierna, her mother and her daughters, belonged to the Swedish noblewomen taken as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eka Family
Eka or EKA may refer to: People * Eka Budianta (born 1956), Indonesian poet * Eka Darville (born 1989), Australian actor * Eka Gigauri (born 1978), Georgian activist * Eka Gurtskaia (born ), Georgian beauty pageant titleholder * Eka Kurniawan (born 1975), Indonesian writer * Eka Ramdani (born 1984), Indonesian footballer * Eka Santika (born 1982), Indonesian footballer * Eka Tkeshelashvili (born 1977), Georgian jurist and politician * Eka Esu Williams (born 1950), Nigerian immunologist and activist * Eka Zguladze (born 1978), Georgian and Ukrainian government official * David W. Eka (born 1945), Mormon church leader in West Africa * Eka (actress), Bangladeshi actress * Gustaf Magnusson (1902–1993), Finnish major general and flying ace nicknamed "Eka" Other uses * Eka (beetle), a genus of leaf beetles from the Seychelles * EKA (supercomputer) * Eka, Firozabad, a town in Uttar Pradesh, India * Eka tala, a tala in Carnatic music * Eka language, a Loloish language of China * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |