Ruler · 1537 – 1592

John III of Sweden

Lived 1537 – 1592; monarch. Monarch of Sweden (Sweden), 1568 – 1592.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1537 – 1592; 55 years
In office: 24 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Sweden
Left it: natural death; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Sweden

Sweden · the 42nd of 62 dated reigns · 970 – 1973

38 before

Christian II of Denmark1520 – 1521

Gustav Vasa1523 – 1560

Erik XIV1560 – 1568

John III of Sweden1568 – 1592

Sigismund III Vasa1592 – 1599

Charles IX of Sweden1604 – 1611

Gustavus Adolphus1611 – 1632

17 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1568 – 1592 · 24 years · came to it aged 31

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

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