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Stegeborg Castle, the Glossary

Stegeborg Castle is a ruined castle in St Anna parish, Söderköping, Östergötland, located on an island in a narrow sound at the bay of Slätbaken.^[1]

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Östergötland
Castles in Östergötland County
Royal residences in Sweden
Ruined castles in Sweden
Tourist attractions in Östergötland County

Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

Adolph John I (Adolf Johann I.; Adolf Johan; 11 October 1629 – 14 October 1689) was Count Palatine of Kleeburg from 1654 until 1689 and was considered Prince of Sweden until 1660.

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Albert, King of Sweden

Albert (Albrecht, Albrekt av Mecklenburg; c. 1338 – 1 April 1412) was King of Sweden from 1364 to 1389 and Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1384 to 1412.

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Almarestäket

Almarestäket, or Stäket, is a strait at the inlet of Lake Mälaren in central-eastern Sweden. Stegeborg Castle and Almarestäket are Ruined castles in Sweden.

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Anna Vasa of Sweden

Anna Vasa of Sweden (also Anne, Anna Wazówna; 17 May 1568 – 26 February 1625) was a Swedish princess heavily involved in the politics of that country and of Poland.

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Arkösund

Arkösund is a small village on the Swedish East Coast, on Vikbolandet peninsula, Norrköping Municipality with 172 inhabitants in 2015.

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Arvid Trolle

Arvid Birgersson, Lord of Bergkvara (c. 1440 – 20 February 1505) was a Swedish magnate and politician in the last decades of Middle Ages.

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Östergötland

Östergötland (English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (landskap in Swedish) in the south of Sweden.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Battle of Stegeborg

The Battle of Stegeborg took place in a meadow near Stegeborg Castle, Sweden on September 18 (N.S.), or September 8 (O.S.), 1598.

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Birger, King of Sweden

Birger (Swedish: Birger Magnusson; 1280 – 31 May 1321) was King of Sweden from 1290 to 1318.

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Bishop of Linköping

Bishops of the Diocese of Linköping, Sweden.

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Brask

Brask is a Scandinavian surname.

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Bråviken

Bråviken is a bay of the Baltic Sea that is located near Norrköping in Östergötland, Sweden.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.

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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Charles X Gustav

Charles X Gustav, also Carl X Gustav (Karl X Gustav; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death.

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Christina, Queen of Sweden

Christina (Kristina; 18 December 1626 – 19 April 1689) was a member of the House of Vasa and the Queen of Sweden in her own right from 1632 until her abdication in 1654.

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Dacke War

The Dacke War (Dackefejden) was a peasant uprising led by Nils Dacke in Småland, Sweden, in 1542 against the rule of Gustav Vasa.

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Deep foundation

A deep foundation is a type of foundation that transfers building loads to the earth farther down from the surface than a shallow foundation does to a subsurface layer or a range of depths.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Duke

Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility.

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Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.

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Engelbrekt rebellion

The Engelbrekt rebellion (Engelbrektsupproret) was an uprising during 1434–1436 led by Swedish miner and nobleman Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson and directed against Eric of Pomerania, the king of the Kalmar Union.

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Eric Chronicle

The Eric Chronicle (Swedish: Erikskrönikan, the 2012 English translation: The Chronicle of Duke Erik) is the oldest surviving Swedish chronicle.

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Eric XII of Sweden

Eric XII (Swedish: Erik Magnusson; 1339 – 20 June 1359) was King of Sweden and lord of Scania in 1344–1359.

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Frankopan family

The House of Frankopan (Frankopani, Frankapani, Frangipani, Frangepán, Frangepanus, Francopanus) was a Croatian noble family, whose members were among the great landowner magnates and high officers of the Kingdom of Croatia in union with Hungary.

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Gotland

Gotland (Gutland in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland, is Sweden's largest island.

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Gustav Trolle

Gustav Eriksson Trolle (September 1488 – 1535) was Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, in two sessions, during the turbulent Reformation events.

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Gustavus Adolphus

Gustavus Adolphus (9 December 15946 November 1632), also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power (Stormaktstiden).

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Hemming Gadh

Hemming Gadh (c. 1450 – 16 December 1520) was a Swedish Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of the Diocese of Linköping.

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House of Vasa

The House of Vasa or Wasa (Vasaätten, Wazowie, Vazos) was an early modern royal house founded in 1523 in Sweden.

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Hundred (county division)

A hundred is an administrative division that is geographically part of a larger region.

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Ingeborg of Norway

Ingeborg of Norway (Old Norse Ingibjörg Hákonardóttir, Swedish Ingeborg Håkansdotter, Norwegian Ingebjørg Håkonsdatter; 1301 – 17 June 1361), was a Norwegian princess and by marriage a Swedish royal duchess with a position in the regency governments in Norway (1319–27) and Sweden (1319–26) during the minority of her son, King Magnus of Norway and Sweden.

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Isak Gustaf Clason

Isak Gustaf Clason (30 July 1856 Falun – 19 July 1930 Rättvik) was a Swedish architect.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg (20 April 1589, Zweibrücken – 18 June 1652, Stegeborg Castle) was the son of John I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and his wife, Duchess Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.

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John III of Sweden

John III (Johan III, Juhana III; 20 December 1537 – 17 November 1592) was King of Sweden from 1569 until his death.

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John, King of Denmark

John (Danish, Norwegian and Hans;; 2 February 1455 – 20 February 1513) was a Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union.

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Judge

A judge is a person who presides over court proceedings, either alone or as a part of a panel of judges.

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Kalmar Union

The Kalmar Union (Danish, Norwegian, and Kalmarunionen; Kalmarin unioni; Kalmarsambandið; Unio Calmariensis) was a personal union in Scandinavia, agreed at Kalmar in Sweden as designed by widowed Queen Margaret of Norway and Sweden.

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Karl Knutsson

Karl Knutsson Bonde (1408–1470), also known as Charles VIII and called Charles I in Norwegian contexts, was King of Sweden (1448–1457, 1464–1465 and 1467–1470) and King of Norway (1449–1450).

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Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency

The Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency ("Chamber College) is a Swedish government agency under the Ministry of Finance.

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Magdalena of Sweden

Magdalena of Sweden (Magdalena Karlsdotter Bonde; 1445 – August 1495) was a Swedish princess.

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Magnus Eriksson

Magnus Eriksson (April or May 1316 – 1 December 1374) was King of Sweden from 1319 to 1364, King of Norway as Magnus VII from 1319 to 1355, and ruler of Scania from 1332 to 1360.

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Magnus Ladulås

Magnus Ladulås or Magnus Birgersson, (1240 – 18 December 1290), was King of Sweden from 1275 until his death in 1290.

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Margaret I of Denmark

Margaret I (Margrete Valdemarsdatter; March 1353 – 28 October 1412) was Queen regnant of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (which included Finland) from the late 1380s until her death, and the founder of the Kalmar Union that joined the Scandinavian kingdoms together for over a century.

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Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken

Maria Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken (14 February 1625 – 24 October 1687) was a countess palatine, a cousin and foster-sibling of Queen Christina of Sweden, and a sister of King Charles X of Sweden.

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Marshal

Marshal is a term used in several official titles in various branches of society.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.

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Norrköping

Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Linköping and 60 km west of the Södermanland capital of Nyköping.

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Nyköping Banquet

The Nyköping Banquet (Nyköpings gästabud) was King Birger of Sweden's Christmas celebration 11December 1317 at Nyköping Castle in Sweden.

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Nyköping Castle

Nyköping Castle (Nyköpingshus or Nyköpings slott) is a medieval castle, located in Nyköping, from the Birger Jarl era, partly in ruins, mostly known for the Nyköping Banquet which took place here in 1317. Stegeborg Castle and Nyköping Castle are royal residences in Sweden and Ruined castles in Sweden.

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Order of the Holy Sepulchre

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, OESSH), also called the Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the Holy See.

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Oxenstierna

The Oxenstierna family is a Swedish noble family, originally from Småland in southern Sweden, and is part of the Swedish uradel, the ancient nobility.

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Piano nobile

Piano nobile (Italian for "noble floor" or "noble level", also sometimes referred to by the corresponding French term, bel étage) is the architectural term for the principal floor of a palazzo.

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Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.

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Post-glacial rebound

Post-glacial rebound (also called isostatic rebound or crustal rebound) is the rise of land masses after the removal of the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, which had caused isostatic depression.

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Reflecting pool

A reflecting pool, also called a reflection pool, is a water feature found in gardens, parks and memorial sites.

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Riddarholmen Church

Riddarholmen Church (Riddarholmskyrkan) is the church of the former medieval Greyfriars Monastery in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Ruins

Ruins are the remains of a civilization's architecture.

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Söderköping

Söderköping is a locality and the seat of Söderköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden with 6,992 inhabitants in 2010.

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Sound (geography)

In geography, a sound is a smaller body of water usually connected to a sea or an ocean.

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Stad (Sweden)

Stad (Swedish:; plural städer) is a Swedish term that historically was used for urban centers of various sizes.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in the Nordic countries.

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Stockholm Bloodbath

The Stockholm Bloodbath (Stockholms blodbad; Det Stockholmske Blodbad) was a trial that led to a series of executions in Stockholm between 7 and 9 November 1520.

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Sture

Sture was a name borne by three distinct but interrelated noble families in Sweden in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period.

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Swedish National Heritage Board

The Swedish National Heritage Board (Riksantikvarieämbetet; RAÄ) is a Swedish government agency responsible for World Heritage Sites and other national heritage monuments and historical environments.

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Torkel Knutsson

Torkel (Tyrgils or Torgils) Knutsson (died 1306) was Lord High Constable of Sweden, member of the Privy Council of Sweden (Riksråd), and virtual ruler of Sweden during the early reign of King Birger Magnusson (1280–1321).

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Vadstena Abbey

Aerial view The Abbey Pax Mariae (Monasterium sanctarum Mariæ Virgìnis et Brigidæ in Vatzstena), more commonly referred to as Vadstena Abbey, is situated on Lake Vättern in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockholm and is a monastery of nuns within the Bridgettine Order.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegeborg_Castle

Also known as Stegeborg.

, Nyköping Banquet, Nyköping Castle, Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Oxenstierna, Piano nobile, Pilgrimage, Post-glacial rebound, Reflecting pool, Riddarholmen Church, Ruins, Söderköping, Sound (geography), Stad (Sweden), Stockholm, Stockholm Bloodbath, Sture, Swedish National Heritage Board, Torkel Knutsson, Vadstena Abbey, Västerås Castle, Victual Brothers, Visborg, Visby, Visingsö.

Stegeborg Castle, the Glossary

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See also

Östergötland

Castles in Östergötland County

Royal residences in Sweden

Ruined castles in Sweden

Tourist attractions in Östergötland County

References