Sten Sture the Elder

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Swedish statesman human

Sten Sture the Elder was a late 15th-century Swedish statesman and regent who led the struggle to maintain Sweden’s independence from the Kalmar Union under Danish dominance.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Sten Sture the Elder canonical	1
Sten Sture the Younger	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Swedish statesman ⓘ human ⓘ
aim	maintain Swedish independence from the Kalmar Union ⓘ
burialPlace	Strängnäs Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Brunkeberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Kalmar Union power struggle ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Sweden ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 1440 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	14 December 1503 ⓘ
educatedAt	Uppsala University (traditionally associated) NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1497 (end of first regency) ⓘ 1503 (end of second regency) ⓘ
era	Late 15th century ⓘ Late Middle Ages ⓘ
familyName	Sture NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Gustav Anundsson Sture NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Sten NERFINISHED ⓘ
government	Swedish regency government ⓘ
languageUsed	Swedish ⓘ
mother	Birgitta Stensdotter Bielke NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Swedish ⓘ
nobleFamily	Sture family NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	leading Sweden’s struggle for independence from the Kalmar Union ⓘ opposition to Danish dominance in Scandinavia ⓘ strengthening Swedish national institutions ⓘ
notableWork	victory at the Battle of Brunkeberg (1471) ⓘ
opponent	Christian I of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ John (Hans) of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Sweden ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Jönköping NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Regent of Sweden ⓘ Riksföreståndare ⓘ
predecessor	Karl Knutsson Bonde NERFINISHED ⓘ
relative	Sten Sture the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence	Gripsholm Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ Stockholm NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Ingeborg Åkesdotter Tott NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1470 (first regency) ⓘ 1501 (second regency) ⓘ
successor	Hans of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Svante Nilsson (as regent) NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	Stockholm burghers NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedish peasantry ⓘ parts of the Swedish nobility ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord High Steward of Sweden → positionHeldBy → Sten Sture the Elder ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sten Sture the Younger