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When Karin MĂ„nsdotter became queen, Elin
Andersdotter was named mistress of the Robes. This was an unusual position for a commoner, but the court appointed to Karin MĂ„nsdotter, herself originally a commoner, when she became queen, was quite small, smaller than those of her royal sisters-in-law, and
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Andersdotter; the ship owners Per Larsson and Frans Klementsson; the chaplain Jon, Per PĂ„lsson and the spouse of Elin Andersdotter; Hans Andersson. Elin Andersdotter was, alongside Thomas Jakobsson, the leader of the conspiracy, and financed the whole affair. The conspirators held their
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During the trials against the conspirators, Andersdotter was interrogated about the alleged hidden treasure that John III was certain had been hidden away by Erik XIV, and were promised a pardon if she helped recover it. But she revealed nothing, if indeed there had been such a treasure at all.
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In the summer of 1569, a plot was discovered with the intent to free and reinstate Erik XIV. The plan was the ship owner Per
Larsson would fire at the city of Stockholm, and that the former monarch should be able to flee from his prison in the royal palace during the confusion, and the gather
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conferences at the home of
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The conspirators consisted of members of the staff of the former royal couple Erik XIV and Karin MĂ„nsdotter: the secretary and mistress of the robes of Karin,
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