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= House of Vasa Family Tree =

Goes here: House of Vasa



The kings of the house of Holstein-Gottorp, which produced the kings of Sweden from 1751 to 1818, emphasized their Vasa descent through a female line. The current ruling house of Bernadotte similarly claims a Vasa mantle: Charles XIV was an adopted son of Charles XIII; his son Oscar I married a Vasa descendant Josephine of Leuchtenberg; their grandson Gustav V married Victoria of Baden who was a great-grandchild of Gustav IV Adolf of the house Holstein-Gottorp.

Simple Family Tree
Main article (Swedish): Vasaätten

=The Vasa Arms= See: Category:Coats of arms of the House of Vasa

The document shown on the external link from the Swedish National Archives was signed and sealed by Kristiern Nilsson (Vasa) from Öland and his son Kristiern and provides the oldest known version from Sweden of what would become the coat of arms of the Vasa family. The gallery below shows the seal(s) in more detail and later seals.

The coat of arms carried by the family during the Middle Ages have been interpreted in many different ways; they have, among other things, been suggested to represent helmet tilts, building iron, spears with a lily hilt, a fleur-de-lis tipped stave, chess rooks or the tip of a halberd.

Drots (a medieval Swedish type of justice minister) Kristiern Nilsson moved the medieval coat of arms to the right (heraldic left), while the Swedish Chief Minister Kettil Karlsson (Vasa) moved the coat of arms straight vertically.

=Armorial of Vasa Arms=

The following tables show the arms of the kings of Sweden under the Vasa:

The following branches were born illegitimate of the the Vasa Kings of Sweden, but were enabled under the following names (see family trees above)

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 * Johannes Rietstap:
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 * Johannes Rietstap: {{cite book|language=Dutch|title=Handboek der Wapenkunde|first1=Johannes