Editing Sture (section)

==Danish Sture Family==
[[File:COA_family_sv_Sture_spets_nedifran.png|thumb|right|150px|The ''spets nedifrån'' arms of the Danish Sture family]]

The second Sture family is usually known as the Danish Sture Family ({{langx|sv|Danska Stureätten/Sturesläkten}}), as it originated from [[Halland]], then part of [[Denmark]]; it is also sometimes referred to as ''Sture (Spets Nedifrån)'', i.e. 'Sture (tip up)', as its coat of arms resembles a [[spear|spearhead]] pointing upwards. The earliest known member of the family was the [[knight]] Nils Sture, who is first attested in 1377 and 1392.<ref>{{cite book |last=Carlsson |first=Gustaf |date=1918 |title=Nordisk familjebok, Volume 27 |url=https://runeberg.org/nfcg/0286.html |location=Stockholm |publisher=Nordisk Familjeboks Forlag |pages=503, 508}}</ref>

Nils's son, [[Sven Sture]], was appointed by [[Margaret I of Denmark|Queen Margaret]] to command her forces on [[Gotland]] in either 1395 or 1396. However, soon afterward he betrayed her and turned the island over to [[Eric I, Duke of Mecklenburg|Erik Albrektsson]], son of her archenemy [[Albert of Sweden|Albert of Mecklenburg]]. Gotland subsequently became the principal base for the ''[[Victual Brothers|Vitalienbrüder]]'', German [[privateers]] hired by the Mecklenburgers to harass Scandinavian shipping. In 1398 the [[Teutonic Order]], frustrated that their ships were also being attacked by the pirates, decided to deal with the problem by invading Gotland. Sven Sture escaped with a group of ''Vitalienbrüder'' and established a new pirate base at  {{ill|Faxeholm|sv|Faxeholm}} in [[Hälsingland]], but later that year he accepted a pardon from Queen Margaret and settled peacefully at Eksjö (present-day {{ill|Eksjöhovgård|sv|Ekesjö}}) in [[Småland]]. Sven does not seem to have had any sons, and so the Danish Sture line died with him. However, he did leave a daughter, Katarina, who married Bo Stensson of the [[Natt och Dag]] family.<ref>{{cite book |last=Carlsson |first=Gustaf |date=1918 |title=Nordisk familjebok, Volume 27 |url=https://runeberg.org/nfcg/0286.html |location=Stockholm |publisher=Nordisk Familjeboks Forlag |page=508}}</ref>