Käpplinge murders ( sv, Käpplingemorden) was the name of a

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conducted on ''Käpplingeholmen'' (now

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) in

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in June 1389, when 70 men were placed in a barn house and burned alive. The massacre was performed by the hättebröder as a part of the power struggle at the time between the German burgher party and the Swedish burgher party in the city of Stockholm, when the German burghers supported

Albert, King of Sweden Albert (german: Albrecht, sv, Albrekt av Mecklenburg; c. 1338 – 1 April 1412) was King of Sweden from 1364 to 1389 and Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from 1384 to 1412. Background He was the second son of Duke Albert II of Mecklenburg and ...

, and the Swedish burghers supported

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in their rivalry over the throne of Sweden.

References

* Ahnlund, Nils, Från medeltid och vasatid. Historia och kulturhistoria (1933) * Heyde, Astrid, Käpplingemorden år 1389 : ett 600-årsminne?, S. 9-18. Ur: Sankt Eriksårsbok 1989 * Kumlien, Kjell, "Käpplingemorden", Samfundet S:t Eriks årsbok 1947 * Svenska Familj-Journalen, 1866. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapplinge murders History of Stockholm 14th century in Sweden Political history of Sweden 1389 in Europe Conflicts in 1389 Massacres in Sweden Medieval Sweden Massacres of men Violence against men in Europe Margaret I of Denmark