Sten Sture the Younger

Sten Sture the Younger
Regent
Riksföreståndare
Sten (Stenonis) Sture the Younger with comments in Renaissance Latin
Reign23 July 1512 – 3 February 1520
PredecessorErik Trolle
SuccessorChristian II
Born1493
Died(1520-02-03)3 February 1520
On the ice of lake Mälaren
Burial
Corpse exhumed and burned at the Stockholm Bloodbath
SpouseChristina Gyllenstierna
FatherSvante Nilsson
MotherIliana Gisladotter Gädda
Portrayal on the altar of Västerås Cathedral

Sten Sture the Younger (Swedish: Sten Sture den yngre) (1493 – 3 February 1520), was a Swedish nobleman who served as the regent of Sweden, during the era of the Kalmar Union.[1]

Death of Sten Sture the Younger on the ice of Lake Mälaren as imagined by Carl Gustaf Hellqvist in 1880
  1. ^ "Sten Sture d.y." Historiesajten. Retrieved August 1, 2020.