In 1598 Sigismund was deposed and Karl became regent, he became king in 1604. However Gustav I's youngest son Duke Karl (IX) and the church was not content with Sigismund who was a catholic. So when Johan died in 1592 Sigismund became Swedish king too. Johan managed to get his son Sigismund elected as Polish king in 1587. After Erik lost support from the nobility in 1567 he was deposed by his younger brother Johan (III). His interests east of the Baltic Sea angered Denmark and Poland who declared war in 1563. After this peaceful period which ended with the death of Gustav I in 1560 his son Erik XIV aquired Estonia. Gustav was elected king Gustav I of Sweden.ĭuring Gustav I's reign a lot of reforms were made and Sweden was converted to protestantism. A rebellion headed by the nobleman Gustav Eriksson Vasa deposed Kristian in 1523. His mistake however was to kill around 100 Swedish noblemen after the coronation. In the same year Kristian II was crowned as Swedish king. Sten Sture deposed the archbishop Gustav Trolle in 1516 which angered the Danish king Kristian II, a war broke out in which Sture was killed in 1520. Svante Nilsson then ruled as regent until 1512, when he was succeded by Sten Sture the younger (not related with the older). Hans was deposed and Sten Sture once again became regent, he died two years later.
Hans ruled until 1501 when he attacked Dithmarschen and was defeated. Karl Knutsson ruled with some interruption until his death in 1470.Īfter that Sten Sture the elder became regent and ruled as such until 1497 when he lost support and the Danish king Hans took the throne.
When Christopher of Bavaria died in 1448 the Swedish nobleman Karl Knutsson (Bonde) became Swedish king. After that a series of regencies ruled until Christopher of Bavaria is elected union king in 1440. The personal union held together until the Engelbrekt rellion in 1435. 2.3 The Age as a Great Power 1611-1718 (historical end)Īfter a rebellion against the Swedish king Albrekt of Mecklenburg the Swedish nobility elected the Danish-Norwegian monarch Margareta as queen in 1389.
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