his own family, among them his aunt (and Martha's niece) Queen Dowager Katarina Stenbock, had united in convincing the king to accede to it, and married Malin in 1574. According to the legend, it took one year of begging from the couple's relatives to convince Malin's powerful mother to forgive the couple for defying her authority; the women of the family begged her "crying upon their knees" before she agreed to see her daughter. According to legend, her daughter had to crawl on her knees up to her while pregnant. Issue Sigrid Svantesdotter Sture (1538–1613) Magdalena (Malin) Svantesdotter Sture (1539–1610) Anna Svantesdotter Sture (1541–1595) Sten Svantesson Sture (1542–1542) Nils Svantesson Sture (1543–1567) Sten Svantesson Sture (1544–1565) Erik Svantesson Sture (1546–1567) Margareta Svantesdotter Sture (1547–1617) Gustaf Svantesson Sture (1548–1548) Brita Svantesdotter Sture (1550–1550) Mauritz Svantesson Sture (1552–1592) Karl Svantesson Sture (1555–1598) Iliana Svantesdotter Sture (1556–1556) Iliana Svantesdotter Sture (1557–1557) Kristina Svantesdotter Sture (1559–1619) Notes References Lars-Olof Larsson: Arvet efter Gustav Vasa (2005) Wilhelmina Stålberg, P. G. Berg : Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor (Notes of Swedish women) (in Swedish) Karin Tegenborg Falkdalen (2010). Vasadöttrarna (utgåva 2). Falun: Historiska Media. Märta Eriksdtr (Leijonhufvud), urn:sbl:11172, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Ivan Svalenius), hämtad 2015-08-05. Tegenborg Falkdalen, Karin, Vasadrottningen: en biografi över Katarina Stenbock 1535–1621 [The Vasa Queen: A biography of Catherine Stenbock, 1535–1621], Historiska media, Lund, 2015 Further reading 1520 births 1584 deaths 16th-century Swedish people Leijonhufvud family 16th-century Swedish women Swedish countesses 16th-century women landowners 16th-century Swedish landowners