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the arrest of the people truly responsible for the behavior of the monarch, which was regarded to be his adviser Jöran
Persson.< The King accepted all terms of the settlement, though he soon reinstated Persson. The settlement was signed by Martha and the other relations of the victims, the King arranged a grand funeral for the victims on 4 July, and paid Martha fines of compensation in silver bricks. Martha placed the bloody clothes worn by her spouse and sons upon their graves in the church.
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bricks", as she called the silver bricks, to finance the rebellion of the King's brothers, the Dukes, which led to the deposition of Eric XIV in 1568. She had the blood bricks melted to coins with the image of the King's brothers John and
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which resulted in the killings of the spouse and second son of Martha, Svante and Erik, as well as two more noblemen, while Sten
Eriksson Leijonhufvud and Sten Axelsson Banér were spared because of the order of the King to spare "Lord Sten", and as it was unknown which Lord Sten he meant, both by that name were spared. The same day, her niece,
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with the relatives of the murder victims, among them her aunt Martha
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Eric XIV eyed Martha and the Sture family with suspicion. The Vasa dynasty was not regarded to have the same right to the
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introduced the new title of count in Sweden at his coronation, and her husband was created one of Sweden's first three counts, making MĂ€rta the first countess in Sweden. King Eric, however, feared that the Sture family had desires on the throne, and during his reign, they also became a center of the
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As the sister of the Queen and by marriage to the head of one of the most prestigious families in Sweden, Martha had a position of high status and participated in certain ceremonies in court life. Martha, as well as her sister Brita and her mother-in-law, often took care of the royal children. After
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and told her that the King had promised her not to hurt the prisoners. Reportedly, the King hesitated due to the efforts of Karin. Later that same day, though, he suffered a fit and stabbed Nils Sture to death. He ordered for the rest of the prisoners to be killed with the exception of "Lord Sten",
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After the King recovered his sanity, he demanded back the compensation given to the murder victims in a new tax to pay for his controversial wedding with the commoner Karin MĂ„nsdotter, a marriage regarded as a scandal and insult by the nobility. Martha refused, and instead, she used the "blood
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In 1565, her son Nils was accused of treason and forced to a humiliating entry to the capital. He was acquitted by the court, but the case created hostility among the nobility toward the King. The King therefore had Svante Sture and his sons Nils and Erik imprisoned, along with several other
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as to how this came about: Svante Sture threw himself at the feet of
Margaret, and the king entered the room and discovered them. The king asked: "What is this?" Margaret replied: "My lord Sture is asking me for the hand of my sister MĂ€rta!", at which the king said: "Granted!"
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to judge the noblemen he had imprisoned there for treason. Martha traveled to
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Her daughter, Malin (Magdalena), (1539â1610), was in love with her cousin, Erik
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noblemen. In August 1566, Martha's son wrote to her: "I do hope to be able to defend myself with other things than letter and seal", which hinted preparations of a conspiracy. In May 1567, Eric XIV assembled court at
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to provide them with 200 men to help them elope. Erik asked Malin to take a trip on the sleigh with him, and when they were seated, the prince's guards came forward and the couple departed from the estate.
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in 1562. During his absence, MĂ€rta took the responsibility for
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