Nyköping Banquet
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The Nyköping Banquet was King Birger of Sweden's Christmas celebration 11 December 1317 at Nyköping Castle in Sweden. Among the guests were his two brothers Duke Valdemar and Duke Eric, who later that
Present-day appearance of Nyköping Castle, in which the Dukes were starved to death.
King Birger
Duke Waldemar's seal
Birger, King of Sweden
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Birger Magnusson was King of Sweden from 1290 until his deposition in 1318. The son of King Magnus Ladulås and Queen Helvig of Holstein, Birger was crowned at a young age and ruled with the support of
Nyköping Banquet
…The Nyköping Banquet (Swedish: Nyköpings gästabud) was King Birger of Sweden's Christmas celebration 11 December 1317 at Nyköping Castle in Sweden. Among the guests were his two brothers Duke Valdemar and Duke Eric, who later…
Memorial portrait of Birger at St. Bendt's Church, Ringsted, Denmark
Birger's father, Magnus Ladulås
Detail of Birger's and Martha's gravestone at Ringsted