Eric XIV of Sweden

Timeline

1. 1560–1563Stockholm · SwedenIn 1560 he succeeded Gustav I, promoted administrative and legal reforms, compiled the Code of Eric XIV, and strengthened royal control over the nobility.
2. 1563–1568Stockholm · SwedenThe Seven Years' War of the North broke out in 1563, fighting Denmark and Poland–Lithuania; in later years he became mentally unstable, and after the Stockholm bloodbath of 1567 he was abandoned by all.
3. 1568–1577Örebrohus · SwedenDeposed in a coup by his brother John III in 1568 and imprisoned at Örebrohus and elsewhere; died in captivity in 1577, the cause of death still disputed.