Swedish regent. In history he has also been named as Stein Sture the Elder. He was Viceroy of Sweden 1470–1497 and 1501–1503 as the first of three nationalist rebel dictators called Sture who ruled in place of, and mostly against the wishes of, the legal Kings who then were based in Copenhagen during the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. They did this ruthlessly and more for personal gain than out of patriotism. His father belonged to a powerful Sture Family of nobles, and his mother was a half-sister of King Carl II of Sweden. His own sister was a grandmother of King Gustav I of Sweden, whose father was a brother-in-law of his future successor Stein Sture the Younger. He ruled Sweden during very turbulent times between the reigns of his Uncle Carl (above) and King John II, who fired him in 1497. He took over when King Carl died, as asked, and the decisive 1471 Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm safeguarded Sweden's independence and peace for decades, notwithstanding almost constant arguments with the Union kings. When he died in 1503, on his way back from escorting the arrested Queen back to Denmark, he was succeeded by Lord Swanty Nelson Sture. He was buried at first at Mariefred Abbey, then moved to Kärnbo Church and finally in 1576 to Strängnäs Cathedral. With his wife Lady Ingiburga of the famous noble Tott Family he had no children. The current grave monument was ordered by King Gustav III in 1774.
Swedish regent. In history he has also been named as Stein Sture the Elder. He was Viceroy of Sweden 1470–1497 and 1501–1503 as the first of three nationalist rebel dictators called Sture who ruled in place of, and mostly against the wishes of, the legal Kings who then were based in Copenhagen during the Kalmar Union of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. They did this ruthlessly and more for personal gain than out of patriotism. His father belonged to a powerful Sture Family of nobles, and his mother was a half-sister of King Carl II of Sweden. His own sister was a grandmother of King Gustav I of Sweden, whose father was a brother-in-law of his future successor Stein Sture the Younger. He ruled Sweden during very turbulent times between the reigns of his Uncle Carl (above) and King John II, who fired him in 1497. He took over when King Carl died, as asked, and the decisive 1471 Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm safeguarded Sweden's independence and peace for decades, notwithstanding almost constant arguments with the Union kings. When he died in 1503, on his way back from escorting the arrested Queen back to Denmark, he was succeeded by Lord Swanty Nelson Sture. He was buried at first at Mariefred Abbey, then moved to Kärnbo Church and finally in 1576 to Strängnäs Cathedral. With his wife Lady Ingiburga of the famous noble Tott Family he had no children. The current grave monument was ordered by King Gustav III in 1774.
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