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joined him there." Shortly after, Christina sent her son Nils to von Melen at Kalmar Castle, and it was evidently believed, that von Melen would help Nils to unite with Norby. It was speculated abroad, that Søren Norby and Berend von Melen would conquer Sweden together as they were "through their wives highly connected" in Sweden.
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to fight Norby. However, von Melen broke his loyalty to the king and allied with Søren Norby, a treason for which the king blamed his second cousin
Margareta von Melen: "Whatever wind in his ear it was is not to be said. Although some blamed this on his wife, as this took place immediately after she
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took place organized by Knut
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Margareta to secure their loyalty: the marriages were however controversial among the peasantry, who disliked the Germans around the king and criticized them and the foreign marriages when the king married the German princess
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Margareta von Melen settled in Saxony, where her spouse was given a position by the Prince
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Sweden should he deposed king Gustav. In April, Norby was rumored to be on his way to
Blekinge with a fleet, after which he launched attacks with his fleet from his base in Gotland.
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