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Swedish Civil War
15th century
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rivalry between Christopher I and Charles VIII Knutsson
- In Sweden: The Kalmar Union
…to accept this compromise, and war broke out between the two countries. In 1457 the noble opposition, led by Archbishop Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, rebelled against Charles, who fled to Danzig. Oxenstierna and Erik Axelsson Tott, a Danish noble, became the regents, and Christian was hailed as king of Sweden. Christian…
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