Brief Life History of Ebba
When Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa was born in 1490, in Norrby, Östergötland, Sweden, her father, Erik Karlsson Vasa, was 55 and her mother, Anna Karlsdotter Vinstorpaätten, was 30. She had at least 2 sons and 4 daughters with Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud. She died on 22 November 1549, in Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden, at the age of 59, and was buried in Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden.
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Family Time Line
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- Ebba Eriksdotter, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (7)
1495
Russians forces invade Sweden.
1495 · The Russo-Swedish War
While in an alliance with Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow, King Hans of Denmark and Norway invaded Sweden and was declared King of Sweden.
1520 · The Stockholm Bloodbath
A mass execution of Swedish nobles by Danish king Christian II is known as the Stockholm Bloodbath. Christian II invaded Sweden in 1519 and took hold of Stockholm in September 1520. Over 80 nobles were executed for heresy on November 8 and 9. The outrage from the executions led to the Swedish removal of support of the Kalmar Union.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Dhirendra, Jiten, Kamlesh, Kiran, Kusum, Mukund, Nimish, Nirmala, Paresh, Purnima, Raj, Shaila.
Indian (Gujarat): Vania and Jain name of unexplained etymology.
Czech (Váša): from a short form of the personal name Václav (see Vaclav ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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