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Personal data Abraham Leijonhufvud 

  • He was born on March 1, 1512 in Ekeberg.
  • He died on March 1, 1556 in Viborg, Jutland, he was 44 years old.
  • A child of Erik Leijonhufvud and Eva Vasa
  • This information was last updated on July 31, 2014.

Household of Abraham Leijonhufvud

He is married to Anna Thott.

They got married on February 22, 1538, he was 25 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Erik Leijonhufvud  1551-1616 


Notes about Abraham Leijonhufvud

Abraham Eriksson Leijonhufvud den äldre, född 1512, död 1 mars 1556 i Viborg, var en svensk riddare och riksråd. Han var son till riksrådet Erik Abrahamsson (Leijonhufvud) d.ä. (död 1520 i Stockholms blodbad) och Ebba Eriksdotter (Vasa). Han blev 1540 medlem av rådet, var 1542 verksam vid Dackefejdens bekämpande på östgötasidan samt nämnes 1544 såsom lagman i Västergötland och 1549 såsom ståthållare i Östergötland. Då gränsfejderna med Ryssland 1555 artade sig till fullständigt fredsbrott, sattes han jämte riksrådet Birger Nilsson Grip till överste för allt krigsfolk, som samlades i Viborg. Under detta fästes kortvariga belägring av ryssarna i januari 1556 var han tillsammans Birger Nilsson ståthållare där. Hans första hustru var Anna Tott (död 1552) och med henne hade han sonen Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud d.y. (född 1551). Han gifte om sig 1555 med Emerentia Gera.
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Abraham Leijonhufvud

Abraham Leijonhufvud Heer van Ekeberg
1440-1499
Brigitte Natt-och-Dag
1450-????
Erik Vasa Heer van Norrby
1430-1491
Anna van Vinstorp
1465-1552
Eva Vasa
1490-1549

Abraham Leijonhufvud
1512-1556

1538

Anna Thott
1515-1552

Erik Leijonhufvud
1551-1616

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Historical events

Birthday March 1, 1512

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1506 till 1515 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1512: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 10 » The Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre commences with the capture of Goizueta.
    • August 10 » The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
    • October 19 » Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology.
    • October 21 » Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg.
    • November 1 » The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
    • December 27 » The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.

Day of marriage February 22, 1538

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1538: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 24 » Treaty of Nagyvárad between Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and King John Zápolya of Hungary and Croatia.
    • May 26 » Geneva expels John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for the next three years.
    • July 25 » The city of Guayaquil is founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil.
    • August 6 » Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
    • September 28 » Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.
    • October 28 » The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.

Day of death March 1, 1556

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1556: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » Philip II becomes King of Spain.
    • January 23 » The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
    • February 14 » Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
    • March 21 » On the day of his execution in Oxford, former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and adds, "And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine."
    • June 27 » The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
    • November 5 » Second Battle of Panipat: Fought between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and forces of Muslim Emperor Akbar.


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