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Karl Knutsson

d. 1520

Karl Knutsson, died 1520, was the son of Knut Alvsson and got the family estate back from King Christian II around 1515, after it had been confiscated in 1502. He exchanged land with Archbishop Erik Valkendorf and got farms near Giske in return for farms in Trøndelag. Karl was killed in 1520, childless, the same year his brother Erik was beheaded in the Stockholm Bloodbath.

Son of Knut Alvsson. He got the family estate, with Giske, back around 1515 and was killed in 1520, childless. His brother Erik was beheaded in the Stockholm Bloodbath the same year.

Parents: Knut Alvsson

Letters

• DN 9/484: Karl Knutsson witnesses payment for a horse
• DN 1/1049: The archbishop exchanges land with Karl Knutsson of Giske
• DN 2/1054: Old men testify that Malnes, Rud and Rosvika belong to Giske
• DN 4/1071: Witnesses confirm that Mangefisket belonged to Sudreim
• DN 9/496: Karl Knutsson prepares a campaign against Sweden
• DN 9/497: Karl Knutsson asks for runaways to be caught
• DN 9/573: Ture Jönsson claims the inheritance of Lady Ingegerd
• DN 2/1125: The county thing testifies that Giske was owned without claims
• DN 12/596: Maiden Gjørvel is the rightful heir of Knut Alvsson

Source

Sandberg 1986