Knut Alvsson's share of the inheritance after King Karl's daughters
SDHK 34162 · 25. januar 1500 · Skara, gråbrødreklosteret
What the letter says
The knight Knut Alvsson (Tre Rosor) of Giske divides an inheritance in the Franciscan friary at Skara on 25 January 1500 with his «syskon» after their mother Lady Kristina of Fågelvik and Ivar Axelsson's (Tott) widow Magdalena, King Karl's daughters. Bishop Brynolf of Skara, the marshal Svante Nilsson and the lawman Ture Jönsson are present. Knut receives estates in the hundreds of Björkekind, Östkind, Lösing, Skärkind and Gullberg in Östergötland, and in Halland, Västergötland, Närke and Uppland.
Background
Knut Alvsson (died 1502) was the son of Alv Knutsson and held Giske after his father. His first wife, Görvel Eriksdotter (Gyllenstierna), was the daughter of Sir Erik Eriksson and Lady Kristina of Fågelvik, and Kristina was the daughter of the Swedish king Karl Knutsson (Bonde), who also fought for the Norwegian throne in 1449. Görvel had died before 1495, which is why Knut took part in the division after his mother-in-law and her sister Magdalena. SDHK puts the word «syskon» (siblings) in quotation marks because Knut was the brother-in-law of the other heirs. This is the division letter for Knut's own share, and it is the letter that concerns the family most directly. The estates lay above all in Östergötland. The land came into the family through Görvel and was probably meant to pass on to her children with Knut. Less than three years later Knut was dead, and his estates in Norway were confiscated.
People: Knut Alvsson