Uprising against Erik XIV
| Uprising against Eric XIV | |||||||||
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| Part of the Northern Seven Years' War | |||||||||
Depiction of Erik XIV with his wife Karin Månsdotter and Jöran Persson (standing) by Georg von Rosen from 1871 | |||||||||
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| Government-Insurgents | |||||||||
| Sweden | Rebels | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Erik XIV (POW) Jöran Persson Per Hansson Krister Persson Åke Bengtsson Färla Gisle Nilsson |
Duke John Duke Charles Gustaf Banér Pontus De la Gardie (WIA) Anders Sigfridsson (WIA) Sten Eriksson (DOW) | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Stockholm garrison | Unknown | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 6,000 men | 7,000–8,000 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Many captured | Unknown | ||||||||
The Uprising against Erik XIV (Swedish: Upproret mot Erik XIV) also called the Duke's uprising (Swedish: Hertigarnas resning) was the successful uprising against the Swedish king Erik XIV in 1568 by his brothers Duke John and Duke Charles (later John III and Charles IX) that resulted in Erik's deposition.
Despite a victory at Botkyrka in 1568, Erik failed to follow his victory up, and Stockholm would capitulate on 28 September, with Erik being imprisoned and later formally deposed by the Riksdag in 1569.