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	Sten Sture the Elder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den ldre; 1440–1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden during the Union of Kalmar (1470–1497 and 1501–1503).
		According to genealogical research, Sten Sture's father descended from King Sverker II of Sweden (both through family of Vinga and through family of Aspenäs).
		Regent Sten was succeeded by his colleague from the Privy Council of Sweden and former enemy Svante Nilsson as regent.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sten_Sture_the_Elder (378 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sten Sture the Elder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
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		Sten Sture the Elder (Sten Sture den ldre; 1440â“1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden under the Kalmar Union (1470â“1497 and 1501â“1503).
		Sture was the name an influential family in Sweden from the late 15th century to the early 16th century.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sten-Sture-the-Elder (1127 words)

	Sten Sture the Elder -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This outcome elevated Sture to the position of a national savior.
		He was born around 1440, as the son of Gustav Anundsson of the (additional info and facts about Sture) Sture family and Birgitta Stensdotter Bielke, half sister of (additional info and facts about Charles VIII) Charles VIII.
		Sten Sture married Ingeborg Tott in 1476, and died in 1503.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/sten_sture_the_elder.htm (239 words)

	STURE (FAMILY) - LoveToKnow Article on STURE (FAMILY) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		STEN STURE, commonly called Sten Sture the Younger (14921520), the son of Svante.
		In 1513 the aged archbishop of Upsala, Jakob Ulfsson, resigned in favor of Gustaf Trolle, son of Erik Trolle, who was elected by the cathedral chapter and recommended to the pope by the regent on condition that the new archbishop should do him homage.
		At the very beginning Sture was hit by a bullet and his peasant levies fled to the wild mountainous regions of Tiveden where they made a last desperate but unsuccessful stand.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /S/ST/STURE_FAMILY_.htm (2611 words)

	Sten Sture, the Elder -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Sten, a member of a powerful noble family, led forces that ended an attempt by the Danish king Christian I to gain control over Sweden in 1471, inflicting a decisive defeat on the Danish ruler in the Battle of Brunkeberg.
		regent of Sweden (1503–12), successor to Sten Sture the Elder.
		After Charles' 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).
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9070040 (735 words)

	AllRefer.com - Sture (Scandinavian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Sten Sture, the elder, c.1440–1503, was chosen regent in 1470.
		The victory gave hope for permanent Swedish independence, but in 1497 Sture was forced to resign, and union with Denmark was recognized (see Kalmar Union).
		His son and successor as regent was Sten Sture, the younger, c.1492–1520.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Sture.html (309 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Sture @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		STURE [Sture], noble family that played a leading role in Sweden in the 15th and 16th cent.
		Sten Sture, the elder, c.1440-1503, was chosen regent in 1470.
		His son and successor as regent was Sten Sture, the younger, c.1492-1520.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Sture&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (265 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Sten Sture the Younger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sten Sture the Younger, or Sten Sture den yngre, Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, 1512 - February 5, 1520.
		He was born in 1493, as the son of regent Svante Nilsson, a descendant of the Sture family, and Iliana Gädda.
		The Death of Sten Sture the Younger on the ice of lake Mälaren.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Sten_Sture_the_Younger (292 words)

	Chronology of Sweden (1500-1549)
		Sten Sture the Younger, son of Svante Nilsson, convinces council to delay the election of Erik Trolle during talks with Denmark.
		Sten Sture the Younger delays the council's acceptance of kristian as king.
		Sten Sture assembles representatives from the whole kingdom in Arboga, and presents his view of the conflict with the Archbishop.
	www.islandnet.com /~kpolsson/swedhis/swed1500.htm (2058 words)

	Svante Sture biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Svante Nilsson Sture, (1460-1512), Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, 1504 - January 2, 1512.
		He was born around 1460 as the son of Nils Bosson of the Sture family.
		He was became a member of the Privy Council of Sweden no later than 1482, but acted with in opposition to Sten Sture the Elder, going as far as supporting John of Denmark.
	svante-sture.biography.ms (147 words)

	Sten Sture the Younger
		Sten Sture, commonly called Sten Sture the Younger, the son of Svante Sture.
		In 1513 the aged archbishop of Uppsala, Jakob Ulfsson, resigned in favor of Gustaf Trolle, son of Erik Trolle, who was elected by the cathedral chapter and recommended to the pope by the regent on condition that the new archbishop should do him homage.
		Unfortunately these two masterful young men (Trolle was twenty-seven, Sture barely twenty-three), who represented respectively the highest ecclesiastical and the highest civil authority in Sweden, were only too prone to carry on the family feud.
	www.nndb.com /people/232/000097938 (380 words)

	Portræt og selviscenesættelse: Resuméer
		Sten Sture's predecessor, Karl Knutsson, stayed in Danzig (Gdansk) from 1457 to 1464; the young Sten Sture followed his relative on these voyages.
		Sten Sture's sense for visual pomp and ostentatiousness is known through legacies and other documents.
		The statue of St. George evinces many overlayering meanings in connection to Sten Sture: Besides the Christian connotations with 'miles Christi' and the theme of the courteous knight, the statue is a monument over Sten Sture's victory at the battle of Brunkeberg.
	www.igl.ku.dk /~pade/portraet/resumeer_p.htm (4834 words)

	Swedish History - Gustavus Vasa's Earlier Years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sten Sture, a man called Svante Nilsson Natt och Dag, and Sweden's nobles gave up their fidelity notice to King Hans.
		One of Sten Sture's most important adherents, Hemming Gahd, was elected bishop in Linköping after he had been the Pope's representative in Rome for twenty years.
		Sten Sture defeated the Danes and for the first time, Gustavus Vasa found himself at war.
	www.utb.boras.se /uk/SE/projekt/HISTORY/articles/vasa/vasa1.htm (998 words)

	sten sture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Three members of the family served as Viceroys of Sweden in the Kalmar Union between 1470 and 1520.
		The Sture Party were supported by the peasants and burgesses which often resulted in conflict with the church and the nobility in the Privy Council who more often supported the Union.
		Sten Sture the younger - Sten Sture den yngre (reign 1512-1520)
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /Sten_Sture.html (160 words)

	St. George and the Dragon, The Brunkeberg Myth
		As a regent it was Sten Sture's duty to reconcile the country and not to reopen 18-year old wounds.
		Indeed, St. George is the patron of England and the large red St. George's cross on a white ground is one of the elements of the Union Jack.
		It is generally accepted (even by Swedish art historians) that Sten Sture meant for him and his wife to be interred in the plinth under St. George.
	www.dodedans.com /Enotke3a.htm (1154 words)

	The life of Gustav the I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		So young Gustav lived at Sten Stures court and learned all about the polite ways, doing battle, fencing etc. And there was to be some interesting conflicts to happen soon.
		The swedish hero Sten Sture went to meet him but was unfortunately killed very early on in the battle (this was in february 1520).
		At the end of the very regale ceremony Sweden's foremost nobleman - Svante Sture - stomped the royal sword in the floor three times and shouted "the king is dead" then he gave it to Erik XIV and said to him "govern the country well".
	www.harriet.nu /svenskakungar/enggustavvasa2.htm (1950 words)

	Danish Kings · Hans
		Sten Sture in fact ruled Sweden, but abstained from being crowned king in order not to openly violate King Hans' right to the throne.
		Sten Sture had to abandon the siege and fled to Stockholm, while a peasant army advanced to his rescue.
		Sten Sture and the peasant army were defeated in two large battles, and in November the coronation of Hans took place in Stockholm.
	www.danskekonger.dk /eng/biografi/Hans.html (686 words)

	WHKMLA : History of Sweden, 1448-1523
		STEN STURE THE ELDER in 1470 assumed the position of stadholder of the realm.
		Sten Sture died in 1503, succeeded by SVANTE NILSSON.
		The nobles who had supported Sten Sture were accused of heresy, in a trial presided by Archbishop Gustav Trolle, sentenced to death, and executed (the STOCKHOLM BLOODBATH, 1520).
	www.zum.de /whkmla/region/scandinavia/swe14481523.html (1157 words)

	John of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		By diplomatic means he tried to weaken the position of the Swedish regent Sten Sture and he also sought new allies – he is the first Danish king who has established a political co-operation with Russia (a treaty of 1493).
		Although it was initially agreed they should govern the duchies jointly, at the majority of Frederick (in 1490) the duchies were never the less divided.
		During the next years John fought a still more bitter war against Sten Sture and his successor Svante Nilsson in which he showed himself unbalanced and resorted to acts of violence.
	www.nethider.com /cgi-bin/nph-proxy.cgi/010110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Denmark (810 words)

	STURE - Online Information article about STURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		conquest of Sweden by his opposition to Sten Sture the Elder.
		STEN STURE, commonly called Sten Sture the Younger (1492-1520), the son of Svante.
		army, but was again defeated by Sten Sture at Brankyrka.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /STE_SUS/STURE.html (825 words)

	Namnlöst dokument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sten Sture the younger had to fight the Danish, since the kings of Denmark had claims on the Swedish throne.
		Sten Sture the younger was banned by the Pope and King Kristian II of Denmark attacked him.
		In January 1520 Sten Sture was killed in a battle against Kristian.
	www.warholm.nu /Stensturedy.html (168 words)

	Swedish History - The Union of Kalmar - Sten Sture and the battle of Brunkeberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sten Sture tried to continue what Karl once had started; to make Sweden a single kingdom ruled only by Swedes.
		Sten Sture struggled with Kristian throughout the negotiations.
		Subsequently Sten Sture once again became the king of Sweden which he ruled until his death 1503.
	www.utb.boras.se /uk/se/projekt/history/articles/KALMAR/kalmar10.htm (335 words)

	Sture Nils Sture. Från Wikipedia, Den Fria Encyklopedin. Nils Stensson Sture. Med Stor Sannolikhet Iden
		Sture, Sten, The Elder regent of Sweden (1470andndash;97, 1501andndash;03) who resisted Danish domination and built up a strong central administration.
		Dessutom kommer Sture Plastcykel antagligen att genomföra en återföreningsspelning.
		In Sweden Sten Sture still ruled as chansellor but his position was weakened by a war in the When Sten sture returned to Sweden in 1496 the counsil asked him.
	www.99hosted.com /names16320.html (298 words)

	Stockholm's Blood Bath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sten Sture, son of former national marshal Svante Nilsson, became national marshal himself 8 years ago.
		In January this year, in the year of grace 1520, Sten Sture were wounded at a naval battle against the Danish king in some lake or so in the south.
		I am just going to dig up the corpse from Sten Sture and one of his kids, they are going into the flames as well.
	hem.passagen.se /labb/blood.html (740 words)

	Namnlöst dokument (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Parents: Gustaf Anundsson Sture (Sjöblad family) and Birgitta Stensdotter (Bielke), who was a half-sister of Karl Knutsson.
		In 1483 a decision in principle was made that Kristian I's son Hans should be made king, but Sten Sture managed to stall the final decision until 1497, when Hans, or Johan II, which was his name in Sweden, could acceed to the throne.
		When Sten Sture died, Svante Nilsson was elected Regent.
	www.warholm.nu /Stenstureda.html (181 words)

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		The title was officially "land-overseer" not viceroy, and in the early 1500s it was held by Sten Sture the younger.
		Sten Sture had significant power but was not king.
		It all ended in a bloodbath, the Stockholm Bloodbath, where 94 supporters of Sten Sture were executed.
	www.leuf.net /ww/wikidn?June6NationalPublicHoliday (787 words)

	Chronology of Sweden (1400-1499)
		Sten Sture, nephew to the late king, assumes control, and has himself made Guardian of the Realm.
		Sten Sture concludes peace with the Prince of Muscovy on Finland's border.
		Sten Sture negotiates for peace with Hans, and is granted a fiefdom in Finland and Nyköping, and given a seat on Council.
	www.islandnet.com /~kpolsson/swedhis/swed1400.htm (1308 words)

	WHKMLA : Danish-Swedish War, 1497
		During the war with Russia, an opposition, lead by Arvid Trolle and by Archbishop of Uppsala Jakob Ulfsson Örnefot, formed among Sweden's nobility against Sten Sture the Elder, superintendent of the realm.
		After peace was concluded with Russia in 1497, the Swedish Council of the Realm declared Sten Sture the Elder to be deposed.
		Sten Sture the Elder stepped down and recognized hans as King of Sweden; the Kalmar Union briefly was restored.
	www.zum.de /whkmla/military/15cen/sweddan1497.html (269 words)

	Did Bernt Notke create St. George and the dragon?
		Saint George and the Dragon in Stockholm is no exception - we know it was paid for by Sten Sture, we know the price, and who consecrated it - but we do not know the artist.
		Sten wrote to Antwerp after the most artful man, who was to be found in the art of carving).
		Master Andreas is also killed shortly after having completed his work, not by Sten Sture, but by the female model's jealous husband.
	www.dodedans.com /Enotke3b.htm (486 words)

	Norwegian Merchant Fleet - Ship Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The owner, when she sank, was Sture Eruths in Trelleborg.
		in case that this is still of interest, I have found some information on STEN STURE in an old list of Swedish losses in WW II (published by Robert Boman in 1964 in the Belgian Shiplover magazine).
		STEN STURE sailed Gdansk 26.01.1947 for Helsingborg with coal, missing.
	www.warsailors.com /phorum/read.php?f=1&i=4408&t=4380 (876 words)

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