Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Death of Sten Sture the Younger on the ice of lake Mälaren. Painting by Carl Gustaf Hellqvist (1880). Sten Sture, den yngre Regency 1512 - February 5, 1520 Family Sture Consort Christina Gyllenstierna Predecessor Eric Trolle Successor Christian II of Sweden Date of Birth 1493 Place of Birth n/a Date of Death February 5, 1520 Place of Death On the ice of lake Mälaren Place of Burial Corpse exhumed and burned at the Stockholm Bloodbath. Sten Sture the Younger, or Sten Sture den yngre, Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union, 1512 - February 5, 1520. He was born in 1493, as the son of regent Svante Sture, member of the Sture family, and Iliana Gädda. He was mortally wounded at the battle of Bogesund on January 19, 1520, in the beginning of Christian II of Denmark's war against Sweden, and died on the ice of lake Mälaren on his way back to Stockholm. His marriage to Christina Gyllenstierna, daughter of King Charles VIII, in 1511 produced the son Svante Stensson Sture. Preceded by: Erik Trolle List of Swedish monarchs Succeeded by: Christian II This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.