Agda Persdotter

Agda Persdotter or Agda i Porten, (d. after 1565), 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.

Agda Persdotter is believed to have ben the daughter of the wealthy merchant Peder Klementsson, who lived by S:t Nicolai port in Stockholm and was known as Pher i porten, though her parentage have not ben confirmed. She was described as a very beautiful woman and was called Charitas. She became the mistress of Eric during his time as a crown prince, when he resided in Kalmar, and continued being so after he became king in 1560. Theri realtionship was not exclusive, as Eric had a large number of other mistresses, but Agda was his main mistress. She was from 1561 married to Joachim Fleming.

She had at least two daughters with Eric and one daughter with Joachim, Anna, (born 1562). Her children with the King, as was the other children of his mistresses, was raised under the supervision of Princess Elizabeth of Sweden; in 1564, Karin Månsdotter was one of the servants hired to take care of the children, and in 1565, she became Eric's mistress, ending his relationship with Agda and the others.

Children

• Margareta Eriksdotter (1558–1618), married 1592 to Olov Simonsson, vicar of Horn.
• Virginia Eriksdotter (1559–1633) (living descendants)
• Constantia Eriksdotter (1560–1649) (living descendants)
• Lucretia Eriksdotter (1564–after 1574) died young.

References

• Hans Gillingstam, "Agda Persdotter, hennes släkt och Erik XIV:s dotter Lucretia. En källkritisk studie", Släkt och Hävd 2001:2-3, s. 156-160.
• http://runeberg.org/sqvinnor/0012.html
• Herman Lindqvist, "Historien om Sverige: Gustav Vasa och hans söner och döttrar."