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Sten Sture the Elder (Swedish: Sten Sture den äldre; 1440 – 14 December 1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden from 1470 to 1497 and again from 1501 to 1503.
Sten Sture, the Elder (born c. 1440, Sweden—died 1503, Sweden) was the regent of Sweden (1470–97, 1501–03) who resisted Danish domination and built up a strong central administration.
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Feb 20, 2023 · Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den äldre; 1440–December 14, 1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden during the Union of Kalmar (1470–1497 and 1501–1503). [edit] Biography. He was born around 1440, the son of Gustav Anundsson of the Sture family and Birgitta Stensdotter Bielke, half-sister of the future Charles VIII.
- "Räfsnäs"
- circa 1440
Jul 29, 2023 · Sten Sture the elder was determined to drive away the Danish rule. In 1501 King Hans was deposed and after a long and very difficult siege of Stockholm Castle - when king Hans’s wife Queen Kristina was alone in the castle - King Hans and his queen were forced to return to Denmark in 1502.
Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den äldre; 1440 – 14 December 1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden 1470–1497 and 1501–1503. As the leader of the victorious Swedish separatist forces against the royal unionist forces during the Battle of Brunkeberg in 1471, he weakened the Kalmar Union considerably and became the effective ...
- circa 1410
- January 26, 1444 (29-38)Kalmar, Sweden
- Ravsnäs, Toresund, Södermanland, Sweden
- Hövitsman Kalmar, Riddare, Riksråd
The Battle of Brunkeberg was fought on 10 October 1471 between the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Elder and forces led by Danish king Christian I. Sture won a decisive victory.
Jul 17, 2024 · Sweden - Politics, Conflict, Union: After Charles’s death, Sten Sture the Elder was elected regent by the council; his army, including the Totts and their sympathizers, burghers, and men from Bergslagen, defeated Christian’s troops in the Battle of Brunkeberg on the outskirts of Stockholm (1471).
