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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). During Sten’s rule, Uppsala University was founded (1477). When Christian I died in 1481 ...
Sten Sture the Elder (Swedish: Sten Sture den äldre; 1440 – 14 December 1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden from 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 ruler of Sweden as Lord Regent for ...
Sten Sture the Elder (1470-1497) Type. Standard circulation coin. Year. 1478. Value. Halv Örtug (½) Currency. Örtug coinage ( 1364-1521)
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Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den äldre; 1440–December 14, 1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden from (1470–1497 and 1501–1503). Background. 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.
Sweden: Regent Sten Sture the Elder (1470-1497) » See 6 coins. 1 Örtug - Sten Sture the Elder (Regency) ½ Örtug - Sten Sture the Elder (Regency) 1 Örtug - Sten Sture the Elder (Regency) ½ Örtug - Sten Sture the Elder (Regency) ½ Örtug - Sten Sture the Elder (Regency)
Svante became a member of the Privy Council of Sweden no later than 1482, but acted in opposition to his distant kinsman Sten Sture the Elder, going as far as supporting King John of Denmark. Unwillingly he then switched sides and supported Sten Sture in overthrowing the king. When Sten Sture died in 1503, Svante became head of state in January ...
