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Eric XIV 129
and two grandsons of Sten Sture the Younger and some
other lords had formed a conspiracy against him, he
caused these innocent men to be imprisoned in Uppsala
castle. One day his
suspicion drove him
to madness. With his
own hand he slew
Nils Sture, and then
ordered the other
prisoners to be put to
death. The victims of
this order were four
in number : Svante
Sture, his son Sten
Sture, and two other
lords. This ghastly
crime, committed in
1567, has been called
"Sturemorden" (The
Sture Murders).
His Abdication,
Imprisonment, and
Death. Under such a
, .
, , A The Castle of Gripsholm, in which John and
king no one could feel later Eric were for a time pris0ners.
safe. The two broth-
ers, Charles and John, headed an insurrection which de-
veloped with unusual rapidity. After a few weeks the
king held only the capital. During its siege Goran Pers-
son was delivered by the* king’s own party to the dukes
and was by them put to death. Finally the insurgents
entered the city, and the king surrendered himself and
abdicated the throne. Later the Estates passed a for-
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