Stockholm Bloodbath
The Stockholm Bloodbath was a trial that led to a series of executions in Stockholm between 7 and 9 November 1520. The events occurred after the coronation of Christian II as the new king of Sweden. Among those killed were many people from the aristocracy who had been supporting the Sture Party in the previous years. Thereafter King Christian II became known in Sweden as Kristian Tyrann, ‘Christian the Tyrant’
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The Stockholm Bloodbath was a trial that led to a series of executions in Stockholm between 7 and 9 November 1520. The events occurred after the coronation of Christian II as the new king of Sweden, when guests in the crowning party were invited to a meeting at the castle. Archbishop Gustav Trolle, demanding economic compensation for things such as the demolition of Almarestäket’s fortress, questioned whether the former Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger and his supporters had been guilty of heresy. Supported by canon law, nearly 100 persons were executed in the days following the meeting. Among those killed were many people from the aristocracy who had been supporting the Sture Party in the previous years. Thereafter King Christian II became known in Sweden as Kristian Tyrann, ‘Christian the Tyrant’ The following day, a day, the anti-unionist bishops of Skara and Strängs were led out into the great square and beheaded.
Four burgmen, three noblemen, and three potential opponents of the Danish kings were also killed in the square. All of these people had previously been marked down on the Archbishop’s proscription list. The main point of accusation was that they had united in a pact to depose the Danish king, but many of them were also leading men of Sture’s party and thus potential opponents to Christian. The anti- unionist party was headed by Sten. Sture was mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund on 19 January 1520, and his widow, Lady Kristina, was still resisting in Stockholm with support from the peasants of central Sweden. In May, the Danish fleet, led by King Christian, arrived and Stockholm was attacked by land and sea.
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