Who was engengelbrekt Engelbrektsson?
Who was engengelbrekt Engelbrektsson?
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was the owner of a mine and ironworks in the historic mining region of Bergslagen. He was from the parish of Norberg ( Norbergs socken) in Västmanland. His family originally came from Germany, having migrated to Sweden in the 1360s. The family coat of arms shows three half-lilies formed into a triangle.
Where is the statue of Engelbrekt?
A statue of Engelbrekt is atop a pillar located outside of Stockholm City Hall. Carl Georg Starbäck published the novel Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson in two parts in 1868–69. Gustaf Wilhelm Gumælius published the poem Engelbrekt in 1858. August Strindberg included Engelbrekt in the 1899 five-act play Saga of the Folkungs ( Folkungasagan ).
What happened to Prince Engelbrekt?
On 4 May 1436 Engelbrekt was murdered at Engelbrektsholmen, an islet in Lake Hjälmaren, by the aristocrat Måns Bengtsson, who lived in the nearby Göksholm Castle. Måns’s father had been involved in a legal dispute with Engelbrekt regarding an illegal burning of a ship. The killing is considered by some historians to have been an assassination.
Why is Engelbrekt a national hero?
Over the next few decades Engelbrekt became a national hero, depicted as a public protector and an opponent of the Kalmar Union. His rebellion came to be seen as the start of the Swedish national awakening, which would triumph in the following century with the victory of King Gustav Vasa (reigned 1523–1560).
