Margaret of Denmark (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1898. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... V THE QUEEN OF THULE fN the marriage of Hakon and Margaret, DEGREES the Swedish senate, enraged at the succesful union with Valdemar, no less than at the mortifying failure of that with Holstein, settled matters as to Magnus by placing him once more in captivity in the castle of Calmar. As to his successor, there was a difference of opinion, owing in some measure to the difficulty of communication between the various leaders. The gentlemen who had gone to Holstein to bring back Elizabeth, and others to the number of twenty-four, were now in Gothland. How or why they came to be there is not very clear; possibly they thought it prudent, seeing they had let the princess fall into the hands of Valdemar, to remain out of sight for a while, until the first fury of the Swedes should have blown over. These suggested Henry of Holstein as the new King of Sweden. They had had in the recent affair opportunities of seeing something of the man and judging of his capabilities, and they may at the same time have thought the kingdom an 'expedient sop to offer to the injured brother of a woman whose prospects had been so disastrously wrecked while she was under their guardianship. Henry prudently refused it, but suggested Albert, Duke of Mecklenburg as eligible, he being a nephew of Magnus "Smek." The Duke of Mecklenburg likewise declined the dangerous post, proposing in his place his second son, Albert, who, accepting it, was forthwith proclaimed, and he and his father, arriving some time after at Stockholm with a number of vessels, made themselves masters of the town and castle. Those opposed to Magnus then assembled in convocation, and solemnly declared their reasons for no longer rendering obedience to him as their king--namely, that so grave were his misdeeds they caused a univers...