Sten Sture the Younger
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Sten Sture the Younger, was a Swedish nobleman who served as the regent of Sweden during the era of the Kalmar Union.
Sten (Stenonis) Sture the Younger with comments in Renaissance Latin
Portrayal on the altar of Västerås Cathedral
Death of Sten Sture the Younger on the ice of Lake Mälaren as imagined by Carl Gustaf Hellqvist in 1880
Christina Gyllenstierna
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Christina Nilsdotter Gyllenstierna of Fogelvik was a Swedish noblewoman. She was married to the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger and led the Swedish resistance against Christian II of Denmark aft
Sten Sture the Younger
…blodbad) in November 1520, including Sten Sture's corpse, which was desecrated as that of a heretic by being burnt at the stake. Sten Sture's marriage to Christina Gyllenstierna, a great-granddaughter of King Charles VIII, produced six children, but only one of them survived to mature adulthood, the son Svante Stensson Sture…
Christina Gyllenstierna
Modern Statue of Christina Gyllenstierna at Stockholm Palace as defender of the city
16th century sculpture by the altar of Västerås Cathedral