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'''Karin (Katarina) Hansdotter''' (1539–1596) was the royal [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]] of King [[John III of Sweden]] in the 1550s before his marriage during his time as Prince and Duke of Finland.
{{Patronymic name|Karin|Hansdotter}}
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[[File:COA-Karin Hansdotter (sparre och tre stjarnor).png|thumb|Katarina Hansdotters coat of arms]]
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'''Katarina "Karin" Hansdotter''' (1539–1596) was the royal [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]] of King [[John III of Sweden]] during his time as Prince and Duke of Finland in 1555–1562.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Karin is believed to be the daughter of [[Hans Klasson Kökkemäster]], a former [[monk]], which had been made priest in Stockholm after the reformation of 1527, and his wife Ingeborg Åkesdotter, a former [[nun]] and the illegitimate daughter of a nobleman. Her father was later fired from his work because of adultery. Karin was employed at the court of Queen dowager [[Katarina Stenbock]] in 1550. John met her sometime in the middle of the 1550s, and she followed him to his fief in Finland where she was installed as his mistress (1556). In Finland, she lived openly as the hostess of Åbo Castle. In 1560, she and her children left for Sweden.
Karin Hansdotter was the daughter of the Lutheran priest [[Hans Klasson Kökkemäster]], a former [[monk]] of the [[Dominican Order]], and his wife Ingeborg Åkesdotter, a former [[nun]] and the illegitimate daughter of count Åke Hansson Tott. Her father left monastic life after the [[Swedish Reformation]] and became a Lutheran priest in Stockholm, but lost his office because of adultery.


===Royal mistress===
In 1561, before John's marriage to [[Catherine Jagellonica of Poland]], Karin was married to Klas Andersson Westgöte (d. 1565), a servant (page) of John, and given the [[Wääksy Manor]] in [[Kangasala]] in Finland. She lost a lot of her property at John's rebellion against king Eric in 1563, but when John became King in 1568, he continued to support Karin and his [[illegitimate children]].
Karin Hansdotter was given a position in the household of the queen dowager [[Catherine Stenbock]], where she met Prince John. In 1555, Prince John was given his own household, and Karin left her position with the queen dowager and became the official kept mistress of John with the approval of her guardian. In 1556, accompanied John when he left Sweden for [[Åbo Castle]] in his Duchy of Finland, where she lived with him as his hostess and the center of his court. She was referred to as "Our Gracious Lady" and given her own household with her own maids and also brought her relatives and friends to her household.<ref name="Gadd 2009">{{cite book |last=Gadd |first=Pia |title=Frillor, fruar och herrar : en okänd kvinnohistoria |date=2009 |location=Rimbo |publisher=Fischer & Co |isbn=978-9185183654}}</ref> She followed him as far as to Arboga on his journey to England in 1559, and lived with him in Stockholm in 1560-61. The couple had four children.


In 1562, the relationship between Karin and John was terminated awaiting his marriage to [[Catherine Jagellonica of Poland]]. In October 1562, Karin was awarded several estates in Finland, notably [[Wääksy Manor]] in [[Kangasala]], and married to the nobleman Klas Andersson Westgöte (d. 1565), a trusted courtier of John. She was granted a great dowry by John and retired to the manor of her new spouse, Vik in Birkala. It is noted that she left her eldest children with John, but the two youngest followed her to Vik, as well as her own mother, who apparently lived with her.<ref name="Gadd 2009"/>
In 1572 Karin was married again, her earlier husband was murdered by [[Erik XIV of Sweden|Erik XIV]] in 1563, to a Lars Henrikson Hordeel (d. 1591). In 1576, Lars was nobled by John on the condition that he took care of his issue with Karin. The same year, her daughter Sofia became a [[lady-in-waiting]] of [[Princess Elizabeth of Sweden]], and in 1577, her children was ennobled. The same year, she became the neighbour of the deposed queen [[Karin Månsdotter]], who was given the estate next to her. From 1580, Karin seems to have spent the majority of her time in [[Åbo]].


===Later life===
Karin died in 1596 during the [[Cudgel War|great Finnish peasant rebellion]] and did not have to witness the plundering of her estate; the rebellion reached her estate soon after her death.
In 1563, Duke John rebelled against his half brother, King [[Erik XIV of Sweden|Erik XIV]] and her spouse joined him. The defeat of John's rebellion resulted in John and his family (including her two eldest children with him) being imprisoned and the execution of her spouse for treason for his part in the rebellion. Karin, widowed and abandoned, was left destitute after her home was ransacked, however, Eric XIV did restore her property to her the following year.<ref name="Gadd 2009"/>


When John succeeded to the throne as king after the deposition of his brother in 1568, he granted her several additional estates, making her quite wealthy. In 1572, Karin married the royal official Lars Henrikson Hordeel (d. 1591). Her new husband was ennobled by John III in 1576, on condition that he "henceforth faithfully and diligently act toward Our Dear Lady and both of Our offspring".<ref name="Gadd 2009"/> Her husband was consequently given an office and her son named governor of Åbo Castle, and her children with John III where ennobled in 1577 and her daughter Sofia became a [[lady-in-waiting]] of [[Princess Elizabeth of Sweden]]. From 1580, due to the office of her spouse and son, Karin was able to move back into Åbo Castle and once again become its hostess and the lady of her own court there. She had custody of her grandchildren by her daughter Sofia after Sofia's death in 1585 until they were taken to Sweden in 1589.
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==Children and family==
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''Karin and John had four [[child]]ren:''
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*[[Sofia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm]] (b. 1556 d. 1583) - who married [[Pontus De la Gardie]] (d. 1585),
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*August Johansson Gyllenhielm (b. 1557 d. 1560),
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*Julius Johansson Gyllenhielm (b. 1559 d. 1583),
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*Lucrecia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm (b. 1560 d. 1585).


When was widowed in 1591, Karin retired to her estate, where she was the neighbor of the deposed queen [[Karin Månsdotter]], who lived in the estate next to hers. Karin died in 1596 during the [[Cudgel War|great Finnish peasant rebellion]], and died shortly before the rebels reached and sacked her estate.
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''Karin and her first husband Klas had one [[child]]:''
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*Brita Klasdotter Westgöte (b. about 1563 d. 1620) - who married Carl Stenbock (d. 1609).


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==Children and family==
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''Karin and her second husband Lars had one [[child]]:''
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''Karin and John had four children:''
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*Anna Larsdotter Hordeel (b. 1573 d. 1646) - who married Hans Mårtensson Boije (d. 1617).
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*[[Sofia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm]] (1556–1583) - who married [[Pontus De la Gardie]] (d. 1585),
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*August Johansson Gyllenhielm (1557–1560),
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*Julius Johansson Gyllenhielm (1559–1583),
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*[[Lucretia Gyllenhielm|Lucrecia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm]] (1560–1585).


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''Karin and her first husband Klas had one child:''
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==External links==
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*Brita Klasdotter Westgöte (c.1563–1620) - who married Carl Stenbock (d. 1609).
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* A fuller [http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.medieval/browse_thread/thread/dbfd673e720f63cc genealogy] about her.

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''Karin and her second husband Lars had one child:''
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*Anna Larsdotter Hordeel (1573–1646) - who married Hans Mårtensson Boije (d. 1617).


== References ==
== References ==
=== Notes ===
* Lars-Olof Larsson: Arvet efter Gustav Vasa
{{Reflist}}
* http://historiska-personer.nu/min-s/pe8f47a8c.html
* Lars Ericson: ''Johan III'' (Swedish)
* Sture Arnell: Karin Månsdotter, Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1951. ISBN.


=== Sources ===
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* {{cite book |last=Arnell |first=Sture |title=Karin Månsdotter : tolv kapitel om en drottning och hennes tid |publisher=Wahlström & Widstrand |location=Stockholm |date=1951 |oclc=185458620}}
* {{cite book |last=Ericson |first=Lars |date=2004 |title=Svenska knektar |location=Lund |publisher=Historiska media |isbn=91-89442-52-0}}
* {{cite book |last=Larsson |first=Lars-Olof |date=2005 |title=Arvet efter Gustav Vasa |location=Stockholm |publisher=Prisma |isbn=91-518-4773-6}}

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==External links==
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* [http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.medieval/browse_thread/thread/dbfd673e720f63cc A fuller genealogy about her].

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Latest revision as of 02:40, 22 October 2023

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Karin, and not as Hansdotter.
Katarina "Karin" Hansdotter
Born1539
Died1596
Spouses
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(m. 1562⁠–⁠1565)​
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(m. 1572⁠–⁠1591)​
ChildrenSee below
Parent(s)Hans Klasson Kökkemäster (father), Ingeborg Åkesdotter (mother)
Katarina Hansdotters coat of arms

Katarina "Karin" Hansdotter (1539–1596) was the royal mistress of King John III of Sweden during his time as Prince and Duke of Finland in 1555–1562.

Biography

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Karin Hansdotter was the daughter of the Lutheran priest Hans Klasson Kökkemäster, a former monk of the Dominican Order, and his wife Ingeborg Åkesdotter, a former nun and the illegitimate daughter of count Åke Hansson Tott. Her father left monastic life after the Swedish Reformation and became a Lutheran priest in Stockholm, but lost his office because of adultery.

Royal mistress

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Karin Hansdotter was given a position in the household of the queen dowager Catherine Stenbock, where she met Prince John. In 1555, Prince John was given his own household, and Karin left her position with the queen dowager and became the official kept mistress of John with the approval of her guardian. In 1556, accompanied John when he left Sweden for Åbo Castle in his Duchy of Finland, where she lived with him as his hostess and the center of his court. She was referred to as "Our Gracious Lady" and given her own household with her own maids and also brought her relatives and friends to her household.[1] She followed him as far as to Arboga on his journey to England in 1559, and lived with him in Stockholm in 1560-61. The couple had four children.

In 1562, the relationship between Karin and John was terminated awaiting his marriage to Catherine Jagellonica of Poland. In October 1562, Karin was awarded several estates in Finland, notably Wääksy Manor in Kangasala, and married to the nobleman Klas Andersson Westgöte (d. 1565), a trusted courtier of John. She was granted a great dowry by John and retired to the manor of her new spouse, Vik in Birkala. It is noted that she left her eldest children with John, but the two youngest followed her to Vik, as well as her own mother, who apparently lived with her.[1]

Later life

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In 1563, Duke John rebelled against his half brother, King Erik XIV and her spouse joined him. The defeat of John's rebellion resulted in John and his family (including her two eldest children with him) being imprisoned and the execution of her spouse for treason for his part in the rebellion. Karin, widowed and abandoned, was left destitute after her home was ransacked, however, Eric XIV did restore her property to her the following year.[1]

When John succeeded to the throne as king after the deposition of his brother in 1568, he granted her several additional estates, making her quite wealthy. In 1572, Karin married the royal official Lars Henrikson Hordeel (d. 1591). Her new husband was ennobled by John III in 1576, on condition that he "henceforth faithfully and diligently act toward Our Dear Lady and both of Our offspring".[1] Her husband was consequently given an office and her son named governor of Åbo Castle, and her children with John III where ennobled in 1577 and her daughter Sofia became a lady-in-waiting of Princess Elizabeth of Sweden. From 1580, due to the office of her spouse and son, Karin was able to move back into Åbo Castle and once again become its hostess and the lady of her own court there. She had custody of her grandchildren by her daughter Sofia after Sofia's death in 1585 until they were taken to Sweden in 1589.

When was widowed in 1591, Karin retired to her estate, where she was the neighbor of the deposed queen Karin Månsdotter, who lived in the estate next to hers. Karin died in 1596 during the great Finnish peasant rebellion, and died shortly before the rebels reached and sacked her estate.

Children and family

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Karin and John had four children:

Karin and her first husband Klas had one child:

  • Brita Klasdotter Westgöte (c.1563–1620) - who married Carl Stenbock (d. 1609).

Karin and her second husband Lars had one child:

  • Anna Larsdotter Hordeel (1573–1646) - who married Hans Mårtensson Boije (d. 1617).

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Gadd, Pia (2009). Frillor, fruar och herrar : en okänd kvinnohistoria. Rimbo: Fischer & Co. ISBN 978-9185183654.

Sources

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  • Arnell, Sture (1951). Karin Månsdotter : tolv kapitel om en drottning och hennes tid. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. OCLC 185458620.
  • Ericson, Lars (2004). Svenska knektar. Lund: Historiska media. ISBN 91-89442-52-0.
  • Larsson, Lars-Olof (2005). Arvet efter Gustav Vasa. Stockholm: Prisma. ISBN 91-518-4773-6.
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