Eric XIV of Sweden
Swedish king (1533-1577) · Sweden · Historical Figures · Died at 43
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Something wrong?A Renaissance king who lost his mind and his throne. Erik XIV of Sweden ruled for eight years before paranoia and instability overtook him - ending in a rebellion, a locked cell, and poison in 1577.
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Erik became King of Sweden on 29 September 1560 after his father Gustav I died, inheriting a realm that soon included Estonia when it sought Swedish protection in 1561. Intelligent, artistically gifted, and politically ambitious, he showed early promise. But mental instability crept in during his reign - scholars debate whether the illness was there from the start or erupted with the Sture murders, a brutal act that marked his unraveling. By 1568 his half-brother John III led a rebellion against him, locked him away, and had the Riksdag formally depose him on 26 January 1569. Erik remained imprisoned until his death on 26 February 1577. An examination of his remains in 1958 confirmed arsenic poisoning - he was most likely murdered.
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