- Nils Svantesson Sture
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Painting of Nils Sture (hosted by historiesajten.se) Nils Svantesson Sture (b. 20 July 1543 at Hörningsholm Castle, d. 24 May 1567 in the Sture Murdersat Uppsala Castle) was a Swedish diplomat and soldier during the reign of Erik XIV of Sweden.[1] He was the son of Svante Stensson Sture and Märta ("king Martha") Erikdotter Leijonhufvud.
His diplomatic missions included negotiations at the court of Elizabeth I of England in 1561, with John of Finland in 1562, and at the court of Lorraine in 1566/67.[1] As a soldier, he participated in the Nordic Seven Years War's battles of Varberg and Axtorna, where he was wounded, and in the Siege of Bohus.[1]
Sture fell into disgrace twice, due to Erik XIV's general distrust of the aristocracy[1] and his astrology-based fear that Sture might ursurp his throne.[2] On 15 June 1566, after a death sentence Sture had received was commuted, he was publicly humiliated in Stockholm, where he was forced to ride a wretched hack through town with a straw crown on his head.[2] On 21 May 1567, returning from his final mission in Lorraine,[1] he was arrested again in Uppsala Castle. In what became known as the Sture Murders (Sturemorden), he was murdered in his cell three days later by Erik XIV in person.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e Nordisk familjebok. Uggleupplagan. 27. Stockholm-Nynäs järnväg - Syrsor. 1918. p. 513. http://runeberg.org/nfcg/0291.html.
- ^ a b Bain, Robert Nisbet (1905 (reprinted 2006)). Scandinavia: a Political History of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1513 to 1900. Boston: Adamant Media Corp.. p. 120. ISBN 0543938999. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dPQwweeMSvMC.
- ^ Bain, Robert Nisbet (1905 (reprinted 2006)). Scandinavia: a Political History of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1513 to 1900. Boston: Adamant Media Corp.. p. 122. ISBN 0543938999. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dPQwweeMSvMC.
Categories:- Swedish nobility
- 1543 births
- 1567 deaths
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