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France, which was officially suggested in 1574, could have been informally suggested through Charles already the year before, and that the French ambassador had expressed himself impressed by everything regarding Elizabeth with the exception of her dowry. It seems that John III suspected Cecilia to have prepared a rebellion against him: in 1573, he gave an order that Cecilia was not to be allowed in the Stockholm Castle during his absence, and in 1574, after the plot had been exposed, he gave orders to the governors in Östergötland to keep Cecilia under watch and not to let her have access to any royal castle.
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was silenced by order of the king. Duke Charles applied for mercy for Charles de Mornay on behalf of the noblemen Erik and Johan Sparre, nephews of Mornay's Swedish wife Anna Trolle, but without success. Mornay was executed in Stockholm 4 September 1574. Archibald Ruthwen and Gilbert Balfour were also executed.
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On 29 August, Charles de Mornay was sentenced guilty as charged for treason against king John III as well as having caused the execution of the innocent Hugh Cahun. Duke Charles was, if not an active participant so at least aware of the plot without trying to prevent it – but his part in the affair
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Charles de Mornay also revealed, that one of the things which were agreed upon by the conspirators was to raise the dowry of Elizabeth from 100,000 to 150,000, so to make it possible for her to make a marriage of higher status. It is noted, that the marriage between Elizabeth and Henry III of
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is confirmed to have been Dançay's agent in Sweden in this issue. Charles de Mornay, a French Protestant Huguenot in service of the Swedish king, was a relative of Charles de Dançay. When Henry was elected king of Poland in June 1573, the plot of having him enthroned in Sweden was discontinued.
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Mornay was put on trial in Stockholm on 11 August. The trial was highly sensitive because it implicated a number of people of power, such as the king's brother Duke Charles as well as foreign people of power. Duke Charles was not summoned but left a written testimony implicating Mornay without
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informed the king, who issued a warrant for Mornay's arrest. Four summons was issued for his questioning, but de Mornay took refuge in the Duchy of Duke Charles. In August 1574, Charles de Mornay was arrested when trying to escape Sweden by ship from
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implicating himself. Another important witness was Duke Charle's English servant Sigfrid Preston, and the testimonies of the Scottish mercenaries, notably that of Gilbert Balfour. Charles de Mornay admitted his guilt.
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In early 1574, a conflict took place between the Scottish and German mercenaries in Swedish service in Estonia. Under interrogation, the plot was exposed. Gilbert Balfour described the negotiations of Charles de Mornay, and
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performed by Scottish mercenaries at the party which was to be given in October that year before the Scottish mercenaries departure to the Baltic. Charles de Mornay contacted
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had also frequently been seen, and the two sisters and their brother Charles were somewhat compromised though they were never accused.
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origin with international contacts. It was one of three major plots to free the imprisoned Eric XIV, preceded by the
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It was never made clear who participated in the plot. However, it is noted, that the suspected conspirators
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was executed for perjury. In late October, the Scottish mercenaries left Sweden to serve in the
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The plans to depose John III was, however, not discontinued. Charles de Mornay contacted
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Karin Tegenborg Falkdalen (2010). Vasadöttrarna . Falun: Historiska Media.
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and Pontus De la Gardie, often gathered at meetings in the apartment of
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was suggested as a candidate for the Swedish throne. In 1573
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upon the Swedish throne. The plot was hatched and planned by
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In the summer of 1572, the French envoy to Denmark,
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Index

Mornay plot
John III of Sweden
Eric XIV of Sweden
Charles IX of Sweden
Charles de Mornay
Huguenot
1569 Plot
1576 Plot
Charles de Dançay
John III of Sweden
Henry III of France
Charles de Mornay
Christina of Denmark
Jean Allard
sword dance
Archibald Ruthwen
Gilbert Balfour
Hugh Cahun
Livonian War
Swedish Estonia
Pontus De la Gardie
Nyköping
Hogenskild Bielke
Gustaf Banér
Princess Elizabeth of Sweden
Princess Cecilia of Sweden
1569 Plot
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