Sten Sture the Younger

Sten Sture the Younger
Regent
Riksföreståndare
Sten (Stenonis) Sture the Younger with comments in Renaissance Latin
Reign23 July 1512 – 3 February 1520
PredecessorErik Trolle
SuccessorChristian II
Born1493
Died(1520-02-03)3 February 1520
On the ice of lake Mälaren
Burial
Corpse exhumed and burned at the Stockholm Bloodbath
SpouseChristina Gyllenstierna
Issue6, including Svante
FatherSvante Nilsson
MotherIliana Gisladotter Gädda

Sten Sture the Younger (Swedish: Sten Sture den yngre) (1493 – 3 February 1520), was a Swedish nobleman who served as the regent of Sweden during the era of the Kalmar Union.

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