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Sture Murders

1567 CE · Sweden, Europe · Disaster

Sture Murders
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The Sture murders in Uppsala, Sweden, of 24 May 1567, were the murders of five incarcerated Swedish nobles by Erik XIV of Sweden, who at that time was in a state of serious mental disorder, and his guards.

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