• Svante Sture may refer to: Svante Nilsson Sture (1460–1512), regent of Sweden. Svante Stensson Sture (Svante Sture the Younger, 1517–1567), Swedish count...
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    Svante Nilsson ( c. 1460 – 2 January 1512) was a Swedish nobleman and regent of Sweden from 1504 to 1512. He was the father of Sten Sture the Younger...
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    regent of Sweden, during the era of the Kalmar Union. Sture was born in 1493, as the son of Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden) and Iliana Gisladotter Gädda...
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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...
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    namely: Sten Sture the Elder, regent 1470–1497 and 1501–1503 Svante Nilsson, regent 1504–1512 Sten Sture the Younger, regent 1512–1520 The Sture families...
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    their arrival, Nils Sture's brother Erik Svantesson Sture, Abraham Stenbock, Sten Banér, Ivar Ivarsson, Sten Eriksson and Svante Sture. When it was announced...
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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...
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  • lore, and the name Svante was given to many of his descendants. Svante Bosson (Sture), uncle of the regent Svante (see below) Svante, Regent of Sweden...
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  • decided to marry her. Instead, Sture was married to Märta. There is a well known legend as to how this came about: Svante Sture threw himself at the feet of...
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    death from reaching her, and instead informed Svante Sture at Stegeborg Castle, a relative of Sten Sture who was at the time in conflict with Sten because...
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    answered: "My Lord Sture is asking me for the hand of my sister!" At this, the king just as swiftly answered: "Granted!" And so, Svante Sture hastily married...
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    sent an official declaration of war to the Swedes. When the war began, Svante Sture was the governor of Swedish Estonia and Charles de Mornay held command...
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  • (häradshövding) of Stranda Hundred from 1577 to 1613. She was the daughter of Svante Stensson Sture and Märta ("king Martha") Erikdotter Leijonhufvud, thereby the niece...
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    been, a privately owned castle. Its ownership can be traced back to Svante Sture (1517–1567) who lived during the reign of King Erik XIV, ruler of Sweden...
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    Swedish writer Nils Bosson Sture Svante Nilsson Sten Sture the Younger Nils Stensson Sture Svante Stensson Sture Nils Svantesson Sture "Natt och Dag, släkt"...
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    (1514), Magdalena (1516-1521), Svante Stensson Sture (1517-1567), Anna (1518), and Gustav (1520-1520). In 1512, Sten Sture succeeded his father as elected...
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    soldier during the reign of Erik XIV of Sweden. He was the son of Svante Stensson Sture and Märta ("King Martha") Erikdotter Leijonhufvud. His diplomatic...
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    in December 1504, at Olsborg Castle. 14 December 1503, Sten Sture died, and in 1504, Svante Nilsson became the new Regent of Sweden. The war continued...
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    Familjebok: The first counts and barons, created in 1561 by Eric XIV: Svante Sture of Hörningsholm, 1562 count of Vestervik and later also Stegeholm Peder...
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  • Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den äldre) 1497–1501: John II (Hans) 1501–1503: Regent Sten Sture the Elder 1504–1511: Regent Svante Nilsson Sture 1512:...
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  • Turesson (Bielke) (1457-1464) Svante Nilsson Sture the Elder (1497-?) Lars Siggesson Sparre (1523-1554) Svante Nilsson Sture the Younger (1561-1564) Gustaf...
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  • Hans (Hannu) 1501–1503 : Regent Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture vanhempi) 1504–1511 : Regent Svante Nilsson (Svante Niilonpoika) 1512–1512 : Regent Eric...
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    collapse. He imprisoned several men from the Sture noble family, among them Count Svante Sture. Countess Märta Sture, sister of the former queen Margaret Leijonhufvud...
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    Sten Sture the Elder (1470–1497, 1501–1503) the longest-serving regent during the Kalmar Union Svante Nilsson (1503–1512), succeeding Sten Sture the Elder...
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    in Sweden as the Stures' Russian War (Swedish: Sturarnas ryska krig) after Sten Sture the Elder and Svante Nilsson. Confusingly, Svante Nilsson actually...
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    to surrender in 1503. Sten Sture died over the winter of 1503-4 and was succeeded as regent by his distant cousin Svante Nilsson. The two sides used...
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    The noblemen Svante Sture (1517–1567) and his sons Nils (1543–1567) and Erik (1546–1567) who were all killed by Erik XIV in the Sture Murders are entombed...
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    death, Sweden was ruled by Svante Nilsson (1504–1512) and then Svante's son Sten Sture the Younger (1512–1520). Sten Sture the Younger was killed in the...
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    many times. Most notable are the burnings by Karl Knutsson in 1452, Svante Sture in 1509, in 1569 by the Swedish duke Charles (later king Charles IX)...
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    of her aunt Martha Leijonhufvud, Svante Sture; and her two cousins, Nils Svantesson Sture and Erik Svantesson Sture, and her uncle Sten Eriksson Leijonhufvud...
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