Stegeborg Castle
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Stegeborg Castle is a ruined castle in St Anna parish, Söderköping, Östergötland, located on an island in a narrow sound at the bay of Slätbaken.
Stegeborg at the bay of Slätbaken.
Stegeborg Castle in Suecia Antiqua et Hodierna, 1706. The image is not entirely reliable, but these pictures are the only ones depicting how the castle may have looked like before the demolition. The tower is also similar to that which remains today and the proportions are not too implausible.
13th-century walrus ivory chess bishop found at the castle
John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg was the son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife, Duchess Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. He was married to
Catherine of Sweden and was the founder of a branch of Wittelsbach Counts Palatine often called the Swedish line, because it gave rise to three subsequent kings of Sweden, but more commonly known as the Kleeburg line.
