House of Sture
Cadet branch of the House of Natt och Dag and House of Sture
Sture, Younger Sture branch
- Coat of Arms
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House of Sture
Nils Bosson assumed the matrilineal family name Sture in c.1452 but kept the paternal arms of Natt och Dag
Ancient arms -
House of Sture
Counts of Västervik and Stegeholm
Barons of Hörningsholm
Arms from June 29th, 1561- -
House of Sture
Counts of Västervik and Stegeholm
Barons of Hörningsholm
Arms from June 11th, 1562
- Personal Arms
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Nils Bosson Sture
1426–1494
Counsellor of the Realm, Knight Sture of Penningby, Ekesjö, Ekenäs and Hörningsholm
Arms as on seal -
Sten Sture the Younger
Regent of Sweden
1512–1520
His corpse was exhumed and desecrated in the Stockholm Bloodbath -
Svante Stensson Sture
1517–1567
Count of Stegeholm and Västervik
Lord High Constable of Sweden
Killed by King Eric XIV during the Sture murders -
Nils Svantesson Sture
1543–1567
Eldest son of Svante Sture
Killed during the Sture murders -
Erik Svantesson Sture
1546–1567
Youngest son of Svante Sture
Killed during the Sture murders -
Svante Sture & Ebba Mauritzdotter Lewenhaupt
Arms of alliance in Uppsala Cathedral