…the patriotic party, headed by the regent …
Years: 1517 - 1517
…the patriotic party, headed by the regent Sten Sture the Younger, stands face to face with the pro-Danish party under Archbishop Gustav Trolle.
Christian, who had already taken measures to isolate Sweden politically, hastens to the relief of the archbishop, who is besieged in his fortress of Stäket, but is defeated by Sture and his peasant levies at Vedila and forced to return to Denmark.
Locations
People
- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- Christian II
- Gustav I Vasa
- Isabella of Austria
- Maximilian I of
- Sten Sture the Younger
Groups
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Kalmar Union (of Denmark, Norway and Sweden)
- Sweden, autonomous Kingdom of
- Holy Roman Empire
