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Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by King Christian I of Denmark.
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Sten Sture the Elder
Regent of Sweden (r. 1470–1497; 1501–1503)
Sten Sture the Elder 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 led by Danish king Christian I during the Battle of Brunkeberg in 1471, he…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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1471 battle of the Dano-Swedish War
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Christian I of Denmark
Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union (1426–1481)
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