Sten Sture the Elder
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Key facts
- Reign
- 1 June 1470 – 6 October 1497, 12 November 1501 – 14 December 1503
- Predecessor
- Charles VIII , John II
- Successor
- John II , Svante Nilsson
- Born
- 1440 ( 1440 )
- Died
- 14 December 1503 (1503-12-14) (aged 62–63)
- Burial
- Mariefred Charterhouse , later moved to Strängnäs Cathedral
- Spouse
- Ingeborg Tott
- Issue
- Birgitta (illegitimate)
- House
- Sture
- Father
- Gustav Anundsson Sture
- Mother
- Birgitta Stensdotter Bielke
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sten
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Jönköping
- Spouse
- Ingeborg Tott
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Native language
- Swedish
- Image
- StenStureMonument.jpg
- Work location
- Uppsala
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- Sten Sture the Elder
- date of death
- 1503-12-14
- date of birth
- 1440-01-01
- name in native language
- Sten Sture den äldre
- Commons category
- Sten Sture the Elder
- place of burial
- Strängnäs Cathedral
- described by source
- Dictionary of Swedish National Biography
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Encyclopedic overview
Sten Sture the Elder (Swedish: Sten Sture den äldre; 1440 – 14 December 1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden from 1470 to 1497 and again from 1501 to 1503. As the leader of the victorious Swedish separatist forces against the royal unionist forces led by Danish king Christian I during the Battle of Brunkeberg in 1471, he weakened the Kalmar Union considerably and became the effective ruler of Sweden as Lord Regent for most of his remaining life.
Background
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