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Sten Sture the Younger (Swedish: Sten Sture den yngre) (1493 – 3 February 1520), was a Swedish nobleman who served as the regent of Sweden, during the era of the Kalmar Union. Death of Sten Sture the Younger on the ice of Lake Mälaren as imagined by Carl Gustaf Hellqvist in 1880
Sten Sture, the Younger was the regent of Sweden from 1513 to 1520. He repeatedly defeated both Danish forces and his domestic opponents, who favoured a union with Denmark, before falling in battle against the Danish king Christian II.
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Svante Stensson Sture or Svante Sture the Younger (born 1 May 1517 in Stockholm, d. 24 May 1567 in the Sture Murders at Uppsala Castle) was a Swedish count, riksmarsk and statesman. [1] From 1562 to 1564, during the Livonian War, he was governor of Estonia.
Jun 9, 2024 · As a 17-year-old, in 1511, Kristina Gyllenstierna married Sten Svantesson Sture, later called Sten Sture the Younger. The time the marriage took place was a troubled period in Swedish history marked by decades of conflict between Sweden and Denmark over who would rule the Swedish kingdom.
Sten the Younger Sture. (1492—1520) Quick Reference. (1492/93–1520), regent of Sweden, 1512–1520. Son of the former regent Svante Nilsson, whom he succeeded, Sture was a capable statesman who proceeded to engage his house in a struggle against ... From: Sture, Sten the Younger in The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation »
Svante's son Sten Svantesson succeeded him as regent, and revived the Sture surname in order to associate himself with the memory of Sten Sture the Elder; he is therefore known to history as Sten Sture the Younger. The younger Sten ruled Sweden for eight years before being defeated and killed by Christian II of Denmark at the Battle of Bogesund.
Sten Sture the Younger, Lord of Ekesiö, was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, during the era of the Kalmar Union. Background. He was born in 1493, as the son of regent Svante Nilsson, a descendant of the Sture of Ekesiö family, and Iliana Gisladotter Gädda, heiress of Ulvåsa.
