- Vincens Lunge
Vincens Lunge (sporadically referred to as "Vincents Lunge",Cite web|url=http://www.dokpro.uio.no/perl/middelalder/diplom_vise_tekst.prl?b=3416&s=n&str=vincens%20lunge|title=Diplomatarium Norvegicum (volumes I-XXI)|accessdate=2007-12-07|work=Diplomatarium Norvegicum|language=Norwegian] c. 1486 –
January 3 ,1536 ) was a Danish noble, member of the Norwegian riksråd (lit. "realm council"), and the foremost representative of kingChristian III of Denmark in Norway. Lunge was born in Denmark in 1486. During the reign ofFrederick I of Denmark , he was sent toNorth Norway to force the region to comply with the new king. However, Lunge was forced to accept the strict requirements of the riksråd - no foreigners were to be captain of afortress or lord of a fief, and all the king's orders and arrangements were declared invalid until he had signed the coronation charter. In 1528, Lunge acquired the suppressedCistercian nunnery of Nonneseter nearBergen . He was murdered by the allies of archbishopOlav Engelbrektsson January 3 ,1536 , as written in the "Diplomatarium Norvegicum ".References
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