Ture Turesson (Bielke)
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Ture Turesson was a Swedish statesman and military commander and a prominent leader of the unionist party during the Kalmar Union period. He was a Privy Councillor and Castellan of Axvall Castle durin
Charles Canutesson, twice-deposed and reinstated King of Sweden. 15th-century sculpture by Bernt Notke.
Present-day site of the ruins of Axvalla Castle.
Christian I, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Helgeandsholmen in Stockholm with the Church of the Holy Ghost, detail from a copy of a 16th-century painting.
Kettil Karlsson (Vasa)
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Kettil Karlsson was a Swedish clergyman, diplomat, military leader and statesman during the Kalmar Union era. He was a member of the house of Vasa. At age 25, he was elected Bishop of Linköping. He re
Ture Turesson (Bielke)
…Ture Turesson a reputation as a ruthless commander and "butcher of peasants" among his opponents. After the capture of the Archbishop, his relative Kettil Karlsson (Vasa), Bishop of Linköping, took up arms against the King, organising a major uprising in the provinces of Småland and Östergötland. Ture Turesson's garrison…
Mitre of Kettil Karlsson as Bishop of Linköping. The original is exhibited in Statens historiska museum in Stockholm.