Sten Sture the Elder

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Sten Sture the Elder
Regent of Sweden
Sculpted youth portrait (1489)
Reign	1 June 1470 – 6 October 1497 12 November 1501 – 14 December 1503
Predecessor	Charles VIII John II
Successor	John II Svante Nilsson
Born	1440
Died	14 December 1503
Burial	Mariefred Charterhouse, later moved to Strängnäs Cathedral
Spouse	Ingeborg Tott
Issue	None
House	Sture
Father	Gustav Anundsson Sture
Mother	Birgitta Stensdotter Bielke

Sten Sture the Elder (Swedish: Sten Sture den äldre; 1440 – 14 December 1503) was a Swedish statesman and regent of Sweden from 1470 to 1497 and again from 1501 to 1503. As the leader of the victorious Swedish separatist forces against the royal unionist forces during the Battle of Brunkeberg in 1471, he weakened the Kalmar Union considerably and became the effective ruler of Sweden as Lord Regent for most of his remaining life.