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...
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(Swedish: Gotlandsexpeditionen) was a Swedish invasion of Gotland led by Berend von Melen against Gotland which was controlled by Søren Norby during the Swedish...
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flee to Denmark to avoid reprisals. Just before Christmas in 1521, Berend von Melen, the commander of Stegeborg in Östergötland, transferred control to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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"...
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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...
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