User:Gvssy/Erik Karlsson Vasa's Uprising
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 Kingdom of Sweden |
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Sten Sture the Elder Nils Sture |
Erik Karlsson Vasa Erik Nilsson Ivar Gren Trotte Karlsson David Oxenstierna Kristian Oxenstierna | ||||||
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Erik Karlsson Vasa's Uprising refers to an uprising against Sweden initiated by Erik Karlsson Vasa and supporters of Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna
Background
[edit]Reason for the uprising
[edit]The exact reason for the uprising is mostly unknown. Some sources make Erik Karlsson Vasa out to be a knight eager for battle, who wanted to start a war for his own satisfaction. According to other sources, it was supporters of Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna who rose up again, after he had been deposed a few years prior. Other sources also point to a possible motive being that Karl Knutsson had caused anger to rise in the nobility after he forbade them to engage in piracy.[1]
Among those who defect to Erik Karlsson include: Erik Nilsson, Ivar Gren, Trotte Karlsson, David and Kristian Oxenstierna.[1]
Uprising
[edit]Aftermath
[edit]Erik's service in the Danish army
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Sundberg 1998, p. 329.
Works cited
[edit]- Sundberg, Ulf (1998). Medeltidens svenska krig [Swedish wars in the Middle Ages] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Hjalmarson & Högberg. pp. 329–330. ISBN 9789189080263.
- Adolfsson, Mats (2007). När borgarna brann [When the towns burned] (in Swedish). Natur & Kultur. pp. 277–281. ISBN 9789127026315.