Sten Sture the Younger

Sten Sture the Younger
Regent
Riksföreståndare
Sten (Stenonis) Sture the Younger with comments in Renaissance Latin
Reign23 July 1512 – 3 February 1520
PredecessorErik Trolle
SuccessorChristian II
Born1493
Died(1520-02-03)3 February 1520
On the ice of lake Mälaren
Burial
Corpse exhumed and burned at the Stockholm Bloodbath
SpouseChristina Gyllenstierna
FatherSvante Nilsson
MotherIliana Gisladotter Gädda

Sten Sture the Younger (Swedish: Sten Sture den yngre) (1493 – 3 February 1520), was a Swedish nobleman who served as the regent of Sweden, during the era of the Kalmar Union.