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 | | King Albert, born in Germany, was involved in a struggle regarding a contested inheritance with parts of the Swedish nobility and their rebellion received help from the Danes, who intended the union to serve as a check on the growing power of the German Hanseatic League. |
 | | Royal seal of Eric VII (1398) symbolising: (Centre): Norway (the hereditary realm) within an inescutcheon upon a Dannebrog cross over all; Quarterly: dexter chief: Denmark, sinister chief: Sweden, sinister base: Pomerania, dexter base: Norway. |
 | | The Swedes were not happy with the Danes' frequent wars on Schleswig, Holstein, Mecklenburg, and Pomerania, which were a disturbance to Swedish exports (notably iron) to the Continent. |
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