Nils Lykke

Ritter und Mitglied des norwegischen Reichsrates
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IntroRitter und Mitglied des norwegischen Reichsrates
PlacesDenmark
wasPolitician Statesperson
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth1492, Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark
Death24 December 1535 (aged 44 years)
Family
Father:Joachim Lykke
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Biography

Nils Lykke (ca. 1492 – 24 December 1535) was a Danish-Norwegian nobleman, feudal lord (lensherre) and member of the Riksråd in Norway. He was the son of Danish Riksråd member and landowner Joachim Lykke and Maren Bille. In 1528 he married Eline Nilsdatter (died 1532), daughter of Nils Henriksson and Inger Ottesdotter Rømer. This was a period with strong conflicts between Lutheranism, which was supported by the Danish king, and Catholisism, which highest representative in Norway was archbishop Olav Engelbrektsson. When Lykke had a child with his sister-in-law Lucie Nilsdatter, which was regarded as incest according to the law, he was imprisoned and held at the Steinvikholm Castle, and eventually executed following Engelbrektsson's order.

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