Virginia Eriksdotter was a Swedish noble. She was the daughter of King Erik XIV of Sweden.

Virginia Eriksdotter was the issue of King Erik and Agda Persdotter

Agda Persdotter

Agda Persdotter or Agda i Porten, , was a Swedish woman, main royal mistress of King Eric XIV of Sweden during his time as a Crown Prince and during the first years of his reign 1560-1565.- Biography :...

. In 1561, she and her siblings were taken care of in the court of Princess Cecilia of Sweden

Princess Cecilia of Sweden

Cecilia of Sweden, , was Princess of Sweden as the daughter of King Gustav I and his second queen, Margareta Leijonhufvud, a Swedish noble and Margravine of Baden-Rodemachern through marriage with Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern...

 and from 1564 in Princess Elizabeth of Sweden

Princess Elizabeth of Sweden

Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, , was a Swedish princess and a duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Gadebusch...

; in 1565, Karin Månsdotter

Karin Månsdotter

Karin Månsdotter was Queen of Sweden, first a mistress and then the spouse of King Eric XIV of Sweden...

 belonged to their nurses - Karin became became their stepmother in 1568. In 1566, her father suggested that she marry Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia

Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia

Ivan Ivanovich of the House of Rurik, was Tsarevich - the heir apparent - of the Tsardom of Russia, being the second son of Ivan the Terrible and Anastasia Romanovna, and elder brother of Feodor....

, but she declined. In 1585, she was granted estates in Västergötland

Västergötland

', English exonym: West Gothland, is one of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden , situated in the southwest of Sweden. In older English literature one may also encounter the Latinized version Westrogothia....

 by John III of Sweden

John III of Sweden

-Family:John married his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland , house of Jagiello, in Vilnius on 4 October 1562. In Sweden, she is known as Katarina Jagellonica. She was the sister of king Sigismund II Augustus of Poland...

. In 1586, she herself chose to marry the noble Håkan Knutsson Hand, governor of Kronoberg Castle

Kronoberg Castle

Kronoberg Castle is a medieval ruin located on an island in lake Helgasjön, north of the town of Växjö in Småland, Sweden. Kronoberg County, in which it is located, was named after the castle....

. In 1589, she was granted further estates by Charles IX of Sweden

Charles IX of Sweden

Charles IX of Sweden also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death. He was the youngest son of King Gustav I of Sweden and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, brother of Eric XIV and John III of Sweden, and uncle of Sigismund III Vasa king of both Sweden and Poland...

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