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 | | His father, Erik Johansson of Rydboholm, a merry and jocose gentleman, but, like all the Swedish Vasas, liable to sudden fierce gusts of temper, was one of the senators who voted for the deposition of Archbishop Trolle, at the riksdag of 1517 (see SWEDEN, History), for which act of patriotism he lost his head. |
 | | Ten days later, supported by his sons, Gustavus greeted the estates in the great hall of the palace, when he took a retrospect of his reign, reminding them of the misery of the kingdom during the union and its deliverance from that unkind tyrant, King Christian. |
 | | Four days later the diet passed a resolution confirming the hereditary right of Gustavuss son, Prince Eric, to the throne. |
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