Svante Sture the Younger | |
Governor of Estonia | |
Birth Date: | 1 May 1517 |
Birth Place: | Stockholm |
Death Place: | Uppsala Castle |
Death Date: | 24 May 1567 |
Noble Family: | Sture |
Spouse: | Martha Leijonhufvud |
Issue: | Sigrid Sture Magdalena Sture Anna Sture Sten Sture Nils Sture Sten Sture Erik Sture Margareta Sture Gustaf Sture Brita Sture Mauritz Sture Karl Sture Iliana Sture Iliana Sture Kristina Sture |
Father: | Sten Sture the Younger |
Mother: | Christina Gyllenstierna |
Svante Stensson Sture or Svante Sture the Younger (born 1 May 1517 in Stockholm, d. 24 May 1567 in the Sture Murders at Uppsala Castle) was a Swedish count, riksmarsk and statesman.[1] From 1562 to 1564, during the Livonian War, he was governor of Estonia.[1]
Svante Sture was the son of Sten Svantesson Sture (d. y.) and Kristina (Christina) Nilsdotter Gyllenstierna.[1] He was married to Märta ("King Martha") Erikdotter Leijonhufvud on 3 March 1538 at Nyköping Castle, with whom he had the following[2] children: