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Germany to her wedding with the king in Stockholm. Margareta was interested in literature and
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king about both political, religious and private issues, which is partially preserved. Margareta disliked her life in
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later stated that she had in fact not been worried for her own sake, but for the sake of her two sons from her second marriage because they were the brood of John VII of Hoya, "therefore she would not take them with her, nor to part with them".
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to secure their loyalty: the marriages were however controversial among the peasantry, who disliked the
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