Sten Sture the Younger



         



The Death of Sten Sture the Younger on the ice of lake Mälaren.
Painting by Regency1512 - February 5, 1520 FamilySture ConsortChristina Gyllenstierna PredecessorEric Trolle SuccessorChristian II of Sweden Date of Birth1493 Place of Birthn/a Date of DeathFebruary 5, 1520 Place of DeathOn the ice of lake Mälaren Place of BurialCorpse exhumed and burned
at the Stockholm Bloodbath.

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 Sture, member of the Sture family, and Iliana Gädda. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Bogesund on January 19, 1520, in the beginning of Christian II of Denmark's war against Sweden, and died on the ice of lake Mälaren on his way back to Stockholm. His marriage to Christina Gyllenstierna, great granddaughter of King Charles VIII, in 1511 produced the son Erik Trolle | width="40%" align="center" | Regent of Sweden | width="30%" align="center" | Succeeded by:
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