Stockholm Bloodbath. In 1523, she married the German noble and riksråd Berend von Melen in Söderköping. The marriage was arranged by her second cousin the...

(Swedish: Gotlandsexpeditionen) was a Swedish invasion of Gotland led by Berend von Melen against Gotland which was controlled by Søren Norby during the Swedish...

flee to Denmark to avoid reprisals. Just before Christmas in 1521, Berend von Melen, the commander of Stegeborg in Östergötland, transferred control to...

assault against the city of Kalmar, besieged by the mercenary troops of Berend von Melen. List of streets and squares in Gamla stan "Innerstaden: Gamla stan"...

King Gustav sent Berend von Melen, married to his relative Margareta and governor of Kalmar Castle, to fight Norby. However, von Melen broke his loyalty...

reasons. During his early reign, the German nobles John VII of Hoya and Berend von Melen belonged to the most trusted allies of the king, and he arranged the...

Henrik von Melen, brother of Berend von Melen, the commander of Kalmar in 1523-24 and related to the king by marriage to his cousin Margareta von Melen. Suspected...

king's army. In 1525, her sister and brother-in-law Margareta von Melen and Berend von Melen became involved in the suspected attempt of Christina Gyllenstierna...

the Swedish War of Liberation, Swedish and Lübeckian troops under Berend von Melen invaded Gotland in an attempt to oust Søren Norby from it, who had...