About Svante Stensson Sture
Lived 1517 – 1567 (aged 50). Svante Stensson Sture was a Swedish military personnel.
Svante Stensson Sture or Svante Sture the Younger (1 May 1517 – 24 May 1567) was a Swedish count, riksmarsk and statesman. In 1543, he commanded Stegeborg when it was besieged by revolting peasants during the Dacke War. From 1562 to 1564, during the Livonian War, he was governor of Estonia. children:
Sigrid Svantesdotter Sture (13 December 1538 – 16 March 1613)
Magdalena (Malin) Svantesdotter Sture (9 November 1539 – 1610)
Anna Svantesdotter Sture (29 January 1541 – 21 June 1595)
Sten Svantesson Sture (25 February 1542 – 1542), died in infancy
Nils Svantesson Sture (20 June 1543 – 24 May 1567)
Sten Svantesson Sture (4 November 1544 – 7 July 1565)
Erik Svantesson Sture (18 May 1546 – 24 May 1567)
Margareta Svantesdotter Sture (16 November 1547 – 8 December 1617)
Gustaf Svantesson Sture (20 December 1548 – 23 February 1556), died in childhood
Iliana Svantesdotter Sture (1550 – 24 February 1556), died in childhood
Mauritz Svantesson Sture (24 November 1552 – 14 March 1592)
Karl Svantesson Sture (13 December 1555 – 24 January 1598)
Brita Svantesdotter Sture (11 April 1557 – 23 February 1567), died in childhood
Iliana Svantesdotter Sture (24 December 1558 – 24 February 1567), died in childhood
Kristina Svantesdotter Sture (22 December 1559 – 4 January 1619)
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Who was Svante Stensson Sture?
Swedish count (1517–1567)
When was Svante Stensson Sture born?
Svante Stensson Sture was born on 1 May 1517 in Stockholm.
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Svante Stensson Sture died on 24 May 1567 in Uppsala.
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Svante Stensson Sture was a military personnel.
What nationality was Svante Stensson Sture?
Svante Stensson Sture was Swedish.
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