Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg

Catherine of Sweden
Catherine of Sweden
	Catherine of Sweden as painted by Jacob Heinrich Elbfas
Born	10 November 1584; Nyköping
Died	13 December 1638 (aged 54); Västerås
Spouse	John Casimir of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (m. 1615)
Issue; Detail	Christina Magdalena, Margravine of Baden-Durlach; Charles X Gustav of Sweden; Maria Eufrosyne, Countess Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie; Eleonora Catherine, Landgravine of Hesse-Eschwege; Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg;
House	Vasa
Father	Charles IX of Sweden
Mother	Maria of Palatinate-Simmern

Catherine of Sweden (Swedish: Katarina; 10 November 1584 – 13 December 1638) was a Swedish princess and a Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken as the consort of her second cousin John Casimir of Palatinate-Zweibrücken. She is known as the periodical foster-mother of Queen Christina of Sweden and the mother of Charles X of Sweden.

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