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65-721: Nils was the eldest son of Sten Sture the Younger and his wife Kristina Gyllenstierna . Sten Sture ruled Sweden through the 1510s with the title of regent ( Swedish : riksföreståndare ), but in February 1520 he suffered a mortal wound fighting against Christian II of Denmark at the Battle of Bogesund . Christian subsequently overran Sweden, and the seven-year old Nils was captured by the Danes and held prisoner in Copenhagen . In 1521

130-454: A ball. On 7 November, King Christian summoned the Swedish nobility to a meeting in the throne hall at Stockholm Castle. When the meeting was opened, the doors were closed and guarded, and archbishop Trolle accused her, her mother, her late spouse and the followers of Sture for his deposition and demanded compensation and punishment. Lady Christina stepped forward and pointed out the fact that

195-636: A common monarch. Gustav Vasa 's election as King of Sweden on 6 June 1523, and his triumphant entry into Stockholm eleven days later, marked Sweden's final secession from the Kalmar Union. Formally, the Danish king acknowledged Sweden's independence in 1524 at the Treaty of Malmö . The union was the work of Scandinavian aristocracy who sought to counter the influence of the Hanseatic League ,

260-426: A conflict with archbishop Gustav Trolle , son of his previous rival Eric Trolle . The archbishop claimed more autonomy for the church. In 1516, Sten besieged Staket, the fortress of archbishop Trolle, and when Staket was taken the following year, Sten had the fortress dismantled, Trolle taken captive, imprisoned and deposed as archbishop. The deposition of an archbishop resulted in the excommunication of Sten Sture by

325-671: A court office is unknown. It is confirmed that she was briefly made responsible for the court of the royal children between the death of queen Margaret in 1551 and the king's marriage to queen Katarina Stenbock in 1552. Christina died in January 1559 at Hörningsholm Castle . Kalmar Union Chronological history The Kalmar Union was a personal union in Scandinavia , agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by Queen Margaret of Denmark. From 1397 to 1523, it joined under

390-408: A follower of the deposed Danish king Christian II, in exchange for Norby using his fleet and military knowledge to help her conquer the Swedish throne for her son. These plans were regarded as a threat both by the new Danish monarch, Frederick I, as well as by King Gustav, and Gustav suspected that she had been led to believe that "she and her children would come to govern the realm" by the help of such

455-459: A hereditary kingdom in a real union with Denmark. Norway continued to remain a part of the realm of Denmark–Norway under the Oldenburg dynasty for nearly three centuries, until it was transferred to Sweden in 1814. The ensuing union between Sweden and Norway lasted until 1905, when prince Carl of Denmark , a grandson of both the incumbent king of Denmark and the late king of Sweden ,

520-548: A large army. Subsequently, Christian II was crowned King of Sweden, and supporters of Sten Sture were executed en masse in the Stockholm Bloodbath . After the Stockholm Bloodbath, Gustav Vasa (whose father, Erik Johansson , was executed) travelled to Dalarna , where he organized a rebellion against Christian II. Vasa made an alliance with Lübeck and successfully conquered most of Sweden. He

585-512: A letter from Rome to Abbess Anna Germundsdotter of Vadstena Abbey that Sten had not yet been crowned, and in the contemporary Stockholm chronicle, Christina is referred to as "Our Gracious Princess." By their ambitions, they became the natural enemies of King Christian II of Denmark, whose ambition it was to be elected king of Sweden and thereby again make Sweden a part of the Kalmar union in practice and not only in name. Sten became involved in

650-588: A marriage, and that "Lady Christina and her party and followers who attempt to reward, with such evil plots and treason, all the kindness and good acts that we have [...] shown them." In March, the first of the Dalecarlian rebellions took place organized by Knut Mickelsson and Christina's former chancellor Peder Jakobsson (Sunnanväder), who glorified the reign of the Sture family in contrast to that of Gustav Vasa. The rebels reportedly contacted Søren Norby, who in

715-660: A northern German trade league centered around the Baltic and North Seas. Denmark in particular was in a power struggle with the League and had recently suffered a humiliating defeat in the Danish-Hanseatic War (1361-1370) that allowed the League to become even more powerful. On the personal level, the union was achieved by Queen Margaret I of Denmark (1353–1412). She was a daughter of King Valdemar IV of Denmark and had married King Haakon VI of Norway and Sweden, who

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780-447: A period in which the three Scandinavian kingdoms were uninterruptedly united for a lengthy period. Karl Knutsson Bonde ruled as king of Sweden (1448–1457, 1464–1465 and 1467–1470) and Norway (1449-1450). Christian of Oldenburg was king of Denmark (1448–1481), Norway (1450–1481) and Sweden (1457–1464). Karl and Christian fought over control of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, leading Christian to seize Sweden from him from 1457 to 1464 before

845-575: A rebellion broke out against King Gustav in Dalarna , a conservative district alienated by his attempts to reform the Swedish Church . The rebel figurehead was the so-called Dale-Junker, a young man who claimed to be Nils Stensson Sture. In January 1528 he published a letter declaring his right to the Swedish throne and promising to freedom from taxes for ten years if he became king. Later that year, Gustav's troops marched into Dalarna to suppress

910-470: A rebellion led Karl to become king of Sweden again. When Karl died in 1470, Christian tried to become king of Sweden again, but was defeated by Sten Sture the Elder in the 1471 battle of Brunkeberg outside Stockholm. After the death of Karl, Sweden was mostly ruled by a series of "protectors of the realm" ( riksföreståndare ), with the Danish kings attempting to assert control. First of these protectors

975-401: A reminder of Sten Sture the Elder , his father's third cousin. Regent Sten had already in 1504 been proposed as a candidate in the election of a new king of Sweden as a replacement for John, King of Denmark , who had been elected king of Sweden in 1497 but who was ousted from there in 1502. Upon the death of John in 1513, it was again proposed to elect regent Sten as king of Sweden rather than

1040-607: A single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark , Sweden (then including much of present-day Finland ), and Norway , together with Norway's overseas colonies (then including Iceland , Greenland , the Faroe Islands , and the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland ). The union was not quite continuous; there were several short interruptions. Legally, the countries remained separate sovereign states . However, their domestic and foreign policies were directed by

1105-509: A statement in which she stated that of all the sons she had with regent Sten, the only son alive was Svante. Preserved documents show that the first version of Christina's letter was written carefully and only asked the authorities in Rostock to send the person claiming to be Nils to Sweden for questioning: in the final version of the letter, which was eventually sent, however, she called him a thief and impostor and demanded that he be executed on

1170-507: The Baltic region . The main reason for its failure to survive was the perpetual struggle between the monarch, who wanted a strong unified state, and the Swedish and Danish nobility, which did not. The Union lost territory when Orkney and Shetland were pledged by Christian I , in his capacity as King of Norway, as security against the payment of the dowry of his daughter Margaret , betrothed to James III of Scotland in 1468. The money

1235-472: The Kalmar Union through a personal union under the king of Denmark, but in reality, Sweden had been a de facto independent kingdom under "Regents" (Sw. riksföreståndare ) native high nobles elected to rule the country. Sten Sture's election as regent was not without opposition. At the death of his father, Sten was 18 years old, and High Councillor Eric Trolle , who supported the union with Denmark,

1300-584: The Swedish War of Liberation and was elected king of an independent kingdom of Sweden. In the summer of 1523, King Gustav applied for her release to Frederick I through the Hanseatic League. At that point, Christina reconciled with bishop Gustav Trolle in Roskilde . In January 1524 Frederick I of Denmark agreed to release the Swedish noblewomen imprisoned at Blue Tower. Christina Gyllenstierna

1365-526: The 15-year-old elder son of Christina. Modern research indicate that Daljunkern was indeed Nils, the son of Christina. Gustav defeated the rebels, and Daljunkern fled to Norway and then Germany , where he was arrested in Rostock . In August 1528, King Gustav had Christina issue an official statement that Daljunkern was not her son. In order to have the Daljunkern executed, Gustav I had Christina write

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1430-536: The Danish invaders at Balundsås on 19 March and were only with the utmost difficulty finally defeated at the bloody battle of Uppsala , on 6 April. In late May, the Danish fleet arrived and the city of Stockholm was besieged by land and sea by the Danes under Christian II. Shortly before, Christina managed to send her eldest son, the seven year old Nils Stensson Sture to safety in Danzig in Poland with an envoy headed by

1495-460: The Swedish nobleman Gustav Vasa led a successful rebellion against the Danes and declared himself King of Sweden. In 1524 Nils was released by the new Danish king, Frederick I , and returned to Sweden. Two year laters Nils fell sick with the plague , and was taken to Venngarn in Uppland to be cared for by his mother. According to the official version of events, he died soon afterward. In 1527

1560-544: The chancellor of the Sture family, Peder Jakobsson (Sunnanväder). This was done to issue negotiations with Sigismund I the Old and the Hanseatic League for support against Denmark. In her embassy to Danzig, she stated that she governed the realm until her sons had reached the age of majority and could take over the regency. She had the support from the burghers of Stockholm, who referred to her as their Princess. Lady Christina took command and held out stoutly at Stockholm , while

1625-474: The chronicle of Per Brahe the Elder , the captivity of the Swedish noblewomen in Denmark were described: "They were much deprived of food and drink [...]. Hardly given enough each day to keep their lives but they worked to be fed": King Gustav I of Sweden used their treatment in captivity in his propaganda against Christian II and claimed that the Danish monarch starved the women and children who only survived by

1690-415: The deposition of an archbishop was a crime against the church, and that a monarch had no jurisdiction to pardon anyone for heresy . In effect, this meant that the king could in fact execute the participators in the rebellion against him despite the amnesty, by having them judged by the church for heresy rather than accused of treason by a secular court. This resulted in the infamous Stockholm Bloodbath upon

1755-447: The deposition of bishop Trolle had been a decision taken by a united parliament: everyone had signed the bill of deposition, placing the responsibility on the entire realm and making it impossible to accuse and punish a particular individual for the act. Furthermore, the amnesty granted by the king as a term for her surrender made it impossible for the king to punish them for their actions against him and his followers. She stated that there

1820-528: The engagement gifts she sent him were merely gifts of gratitude because he had assisted her and her children from the captivity in Denmark. In a letter from Vadstena on 29 December, she denied ever having contemplated a marriage with Søren Norby. The same month, King Gustav I stated that Christina was to marry his cousin riksråd Johan Turesson Tre Rosor, Lord of Falun, riksråd and governor of Nyköping (149?-1556): they were officially engaged at Christmans 1526 and married at Lindholmen Castle, Västergötland , in

1885-415: The followers of Sten Sture. Christina's brothers Erik Nilsson, Lord of Tullgarn and Eskil Nilsson, her maternal uncle and her brother-in-law were executed by beheading, as were many other Swedish Sture party followers. Her husband's remains were exhumed and burned publicly at the stake as a heretic, as were those of her youngest son Gustav. Her mother Sigrid became the only woman sentenced to be executed: she

1950-492: The king and allied with Søren Norby, a treason for which the king blamed his relative Margareta von Melen. Shortly after, Christina sent her son Nils to von Melen at Kalmar Castle, and it was evidently believed that von Melen would help Nils to unite with Norby. It was speculated abroad that Søren Norby and Berend von Melen would conquer Sweden together as they were "through their wives highly connected" in Sweden. At this point,

2015-472: The king to negotiate with her rebellious brother-in-law Jöran Turesson (Tre Rosor). During the Dacke War , the king ordered her that she should prevent any rebels who reached Nyköping to acquire supplies and imprison them. Her second son Svante was, according to tradition, engaged to her relative Margaret Leijonhufvud , who however was arranged to marry the king in 1536. After the marriage of Margaret to

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2080-401: The king, Christina and other relatives of the new queen were granted some privileges, such as the right to some of the money from the fines paid to the crown. It is noted that she evidently attended court during the tenure of Margaret as queen, as she, alongside Margaret's mother Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa , is often listed to have occupied the best rooms next to the queen. Whether she was ever given

2145-491: The majority of the peasantry and burgher class. The commanders of the most important fortresses of the realm pledged their loyalty to her. These were the Västerås Castle, Nyköping Castle, Kalmar Castle as well as the province of Finland. However, she did not manage to secure enough support from the nobility: "Some stated their will to fight for the children of Lord Sten, while one party gave a stern now to Lady Christina

2210-723: The maternal aunt of the future king Gustav I . Christina was first engaged to Nils Gädda (d. 1508), governor of Kalmar and Lycka, but the marriage never took place due to his death. On 16 November 1511 in Stockholm, she married the son of the Swedish regent Svante and the nephew of her former betrothed, Sten Sture the Younger . She had five children during her marriage: Nils (1516-1528), Iliana (1514), Magdalena (1516-1521), Svante Stensson Sture (1517-1567), Anna (1518), and Gustav (1520-1520). In 1512, Sten Sture succeeded his father as elected regent of Sweden upon his death. During this period, Denmark, Norway and Sweden were formally part of

2275-425: The mercy showed them by the queen of Denmark, Isabella of Austria . Whatever the truth of this, it is confirmed that many of the imprisoned women and children died, among them Christina's daughter Magdalena, half sister Cecilia and niece Emerentia, though the cause of death are given as the plague, at that point used to classify a number of different illnesses. However, one source claims that Christina, in contrast to

2340-558: The official chronicle of the king, the elder son of Christina, Nils, is claimed to have died the year of his mother's remarriage. In 1527, however, the second of the Dalecarlian Rebellions broke out in opposition to Gustav's introduction of the Protestant Reformation to Sweden, and the leader of the rebellion was the so-called Daljunkern ('The youngster from Dalarna'), who claimed to be Nils Sture ,

2405-466: The other hostages, were not kept prisoner at Blue Tower but in Kalundborg , where she is confirmed to have been at least when the Swedish king later negotiated for her release. After about two years imprisonment, the political situation changed. In January 1523 Christian II was deposed by Frederick I of Denmark and Christina's nephew Gustav I of Sweden took Stockholm from the Danes as the leader of

2470-468: The pope, who gave Christian II support in his designs against Sten Sture. On the New Year of 1520, Christian II invaded Sweden. On 19 January 1520, Regent Sten was mortally wounded at the battle of Bogesund . Lady Christina emerged as the leader of the Sture party and defender of her son's right. She took command of the city and Castle of Stockholm in the name of her underage son, and secured support from

2535-707: The rebellion, and the Dale-Junker fled to Norway , where he was acknowledged as the legitimate son and heir of Sten Sture the Younger by the authorities, notably Olav Engelbrektsson (the Catholic Archbishop of Nidaros ) and Vincent Lunge , the governor of Bergen Castle and leading member of the Norwegian Council of the Realm . In February 1528, an army of Norwegian troops and Swedish exiles, led by Peder Gröm, invaded Sweden from Norway, but

2600-466: The rebels. King Erik's foreign policy, in particular his conflict with the Hanseatic League, necessitated greater taxation and complicated exports of iron, which in turn may have precipitated the rebellion. Discontent with the nature of King Erik's regime has also been cited as a motivating factor for the rebellion. King Erik also lacked a standing army and had limited tax revenues. The death of Christopher of Bavaria (who had no heirs) in 1448 ended

2665-464: The same month was promised by Christian II to be his governor in Sweden should he depose King Gustav. In April, Norby was rumored to be on his way to Blekinge with a fleet, after which he launched attacks with his fleet from his base in Gotland. King Gustav sent Berend von Melen , married to his relative Margareta and governor of Kalmar Castle , to fight Norby. However, von Melen broke his loyalty to

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2730-536: The same year. The following year, 1388, Swedish nobles called upon her help against King Albert . After Margaret defeated Albert in 1389, her heir Eric was proclaimed King of Norway. Eric was subsequently elected King of Denmark and Sweden in 1396 under the banner of the House of Griffin . His coronation was held in Kalmar on 17 June 1397. One main impetus for its formation was to block German expansion northward into

2795-651: The second stronghold of Sweden, Kalmar , was commanded and defended and by the widow of its governor, Anna Eriksdotter (Bielke) , in the same fashion. On 7 September 1520, after four months of siege, Christina was persuaded to capitulate in exchange for a letter of amnesty. In the letter of amnesty issued by Christian II, an amnesty of the most explicit and absolute character was extracted for Christina herself, her dead spouse and all their followers for all acts of resistance against Christian II himself, his father King John and his grandfather Christian I before him, regardless of all acts against bishop Trolle. Personally, Christina

2860-582: The son of Christina, was taken prisoner by King Gustav after his victory at the Siege of Kalmar. When Norby negotiated to submit his loyalty to the new king of Denmark, Frederick I, one of his demands were to secure help from Frederick I to secure Christina's release from the prison of Gustav. In November 1525, Christina and King Gustav I were reconciled in a meeting in Vadstena , where Christina stated that she had never contemplated to marry Søren Norby and that

2925-441: The son of John, Christian II of Denmark , and Sten was making preparations to arrange an election, including seeking support for it from the pope. It is considered likely that Christina participated in state affairs and acted as the political adviser to her spouse, given her later role. In reality, Sten and Christina already functioned as king and queen of Sweden: by 1519, Peder Månsson, Bishop of Västerås, expressed his surprise in

2990-471: The spot. It is considered likely that she wrote the letter under pressure. The relationship between Christina and King Gustav was described as somewhat tense. After the death of her mother in 1527, Christina and Gustav came to be involved in a conflict over her inheritance after her mother, which was not solved until 1550. During the Westrogothian rebellion in 1529, Christina was given the task by

3055-479: The summer of 1527. Her second marriage was likely arranged by the king to neutralize Christina politically, as which she would no longer have the prestige of being "The widow of Sten Sture" and leader of the Sture party, but the wife of a loyal relative of the king. From her second marriage, she had a son, Gustaf Johansson. Eric XIV made Svante Count of Vestervik and Stegeholm, and at the same time made Gustaf Count of Enköping (later changed to county of Bogesund). In

3120-479: The von Melen couple left for Germany, leaving Nils and a garrison in Kalmar, which was sieged by the troops of Gustav I, while Christina herself seems to have been placed in arrest. In May, the Dalecarlian rebels reproached King Gustav for having imprisoned Christina and having driven her son Nils out of the country and demanded Christina's freedom. On 20 July 1525, however, the rebellion was crushed when Nils,

3185-526: The widow of Lord Sten, with the city of Stockholm and those of her followers, and often wrote to them that they should unite and resist the enemy, although such letters were not considered." On 6 March 1520, several members of the Privy Council of Sweden submitted to Christian II, electing him king of Sweden in Uppsala. The peasantry of central Sweden roused by her patriotism, flew to arms and defeated

3250-419: Was Sten Sture, who kept Sweden under his control until 1497 when the Swedish nobility deposed him. A peasant rebellion led Sture to become regent of Sweden again in 1501. After his death, Sweden was ruled by Svante Nilsson (1504–1512) and then Svante's son Sten Sture the Younger (1512–1520). Sten Sture the Younger was killed in the 1520 Battle of Bogesund when the Danish king Christian II invaded Sweden with

3315-475: Was a Swedish noblewoman. She was married to the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Younger , and led the Swedish resistance against Christian II of Denmark after the death of her spouse. In her own lifetime she was simply referred to as Fru Kristina ('Lady Christina'), but she has become known in history as Kristina Gyllenstierna because of the house of nobility to which she belonged. Christina Gyllenstierna

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3380-541: Was an impostor, a common farmhand named Jöns Hansson. However, revisionist historians have questioned this consensus, noting that Gustav I did not actually reject Daljunkern' s claim to be Nils Sture in his contemporary letters. The historian and author Lars-Olof Larsson has been the leading proponent of the theory that Daljunkern really was genuine Nils Sture. Christina Gyllenstierna Christina Nilsdotter Gyllenstierna of Fogelvik (Swedish: Kristina or Kerstin : 1494 – January 1559, Hörningsholm Castle )

3445-424: Was born to riksråd Nils Eriksson (Gyllenstierna), Lord of Tullgarn (also written with the Danish spelling Niels Eriksen, and surnamed "Gyllenstjerna" by later historians) and Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér) of Venngarn, Heir of Lindholm. She was a great-granddaughter of King Charles VIII of Sweden through her paternal grandmother princess Christina Karlsdotter Bonde (1432-1493/1500), heir of Fogelvik, after whom she

3510-509: Was carried out. To save her life, she ceded a large part of her property to Christian. The king stated that she "is now dead to the world, for she is judged as the others for heresy". However, Danish rule in Sweden was threatened by her nephew Gustav Vasa , who soon became the leader of the Swedish War of Liberation . In the spring of 1521, Christina and her half-sister Cecilia (Gustav's mother) were forced to write to Gustav Vasa in an attempt to persuade him to surrender to Denmark. Christina

3575-679: Was elected King of Sweden in 1523, effectively ending the Kalmar Union. After the Northern Seven Years' War , the Treaty of Stettin (1570) saw Frederick II renounce all claims to Sweden. One of the last structures of the Union remained until 1536/1537 when the Danish Privy Council , in the aftermath of the Count's Feud , unilaterally declared Norway to be a Danish province . This did not happen. Instead, Norway became

3640-662: Was granted Häme Castle and county, Kuhmo state in Finland, Hörningsholm Castle in Södermanland and Eksjö estate in Småland. On 1 November Christian II was proclaimed King Christian I of Sweden, followed by his coronation in Storkyrkan by the reinstated archbishop Gustav Trolle on 4 September. The coronation was followed by three days of festivities attended by the Swedish nobility, during which he danced with Christina on

3705-509: Was held captive at Stockholm Castle until August 1521, after which her children, mother, and finally herself were all transferred to the infamous Blåtårn ("Blue Tower") of Copenhagen Castle along with a large number of other women and children related to the executed of the Stockholm Bloodbath, among them her half sister Cecilia and nieces Emerentia and Margareta . Christina herself and her daughters joined them there in September. In

3770-518: Was initially chosen as regent by the council. However, Sten utilized the castles and troops granted to him by his late father and took power in a coup: after having promised to continue negotiations with Denmark, the High Council accepted him as regent instead of Trolle. In reality, lord Sten's purpose was to keep Sweden independent of Denmark. He took the Sture name, heritage from his great-grandmother, because it symbolized independence of Sweden as

3835-426: Was named. Her grandfather Erik Eriksen of Demstrup ("Gyldenstjerne") originated from Denmark, but during the power struggle between Denmark and Sweden, two formally united parts of the Kalmar Union , he allied with the Swedish claimant, Charles VIII, who made him his son-in-law and High Steward of Charles' court. By the first marriage of her mother, Christina was the half-sister of Cecilia Månsdotter of Eka and thereby

3900-533: Was never paid, so in 1472 the islands were annexed by the Kingdom of Scotland . Diverging interests (especially the Swedish nobility 's dissatisfaction with the dominant role played by Denmark and Holstein ) gave rise to a conflict that hampered the union in several intervals starting in the 1430s. The Engelbrekt rebellion , which started in 1434, led to the overthrow of King Erik (in Denmark and Sweden in 1439, as well as Norway in 1442). The aristocracy sided with

3965-483: Was proof as the protocol from the meeting of 1517, when the removal of Trolle was decided upon, was there: the document with signatures was then presented to the king. Because of the amnesty, the Swedes now considered the matter solved. However, Christian had found a loophole, which the Swedes had overlooked. Previously advised by Didrik Slagheck and Jens Andersen Beldenak not to keep his word to heretics, he stated that

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4030-507: Was rapidly defeated by Gustav's forces. The Dale-Junker then relocated from Norway to Germany to seek support there, but was arrested at Rostock . The city authorities, under pressure from King Gustav, executed him in late 1528. The question as to whether the Daljunker was indeed Nils Sture has been strongly debated. The traditional view, based on the official propaganda of King Gustav and the later House of Vasa , has been that Daljunkern

4095-543: Was released and is confirmed to have been in Sweden on 28 January that year: she returned in the company of her mother and her eldest son Nils, while her younger son Svante remained in Denmark to finish his education. On a meeting in Linköping , she reconciled with her former political advisory, bishop Hans Brask . In summer 1524, King Gustav was informed by the mayor of Rostock and the Danish council that Christina planned to marry Søren Norby , Grand Admiral of Denmark and

4160-419: Was sentenced to be drowned, but avoided execution by ceding her property to the king. Christina herself was not executed. King Christian called upon her and asked her to choose which method of execution she preferred, being burned at the stake or being buried alive. Confronted with this choice, she was unable to reply and fainted with horror. Christian was advised to spare her life and neither of these alternatives

4225-506: Was the son of King Magnus IV of Sweden , Norway and Scania . Margaret succeeded in having her and Haakon's son Olaf recognized as heir to the throne of Denmark. In 1376, Olaf inherited the crown of Denmark from his maternal grandfather as King Olaf II, with his mother as guardian; when Haakon VI died in 1380, Olaf also inherited the crown of Norway. Margaret became regent of Denmark and Norway when Olaf died in 1387, leaving her without an heir. She adopted her great-nephew Eric of Pomerania

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