Jakob Ulvsson (died in the spring of 1521) was Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1469–1515 and the founder of Uppsala University. The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until early 20th century has been the primate in Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164 first during the Catholic Uppsala University ( Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a world-class research University in Uppsala, Sweden.
Jakob Ulvsson came from a noble family background in Uppland and studied at the universities in Rostock (where he got a bachelor of arts in 1458/1459) and Paris (magister 1460). Uppland ( is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital The University of Rostock (Universität Rostock is the University of the city Rostock, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century
He spent the years 1465–1470 in Rome and was meanwhile appointed Canon of Uppsala in 1465 and Archdeacon of Växjö in 1468. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 A canon (from the Latin canonicus, itself derived from the Greek κανωνικος 'relating to a rule' is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the A position of archdeacon is a senior position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and in some other Christian denominations above that of most Växjö (vɛkːɧøː is a city in Småland in southern Sweden. Despite King Karl Knutsson wanting to make one of his own relatives Archbishop of Uppsala, Jakob Ulvsson was appointed achbishop by the pope in 1469 and ordained in Rome in 1470, after which he returned to Uppsala. Karl Knutsson Bonde The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until early 20th century has been the primate in Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164 first during the Catholic Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Uppsala ˈɵpˌsɑːla (older spelling Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County ( Uppsala län) and the fourth largest city of
In the conflicts between the Danish king Christian I of Denmark and the Swedish regent Sten Sture, Jakob took a mediating position, trying as far as possible to avoid open warfare, especially in Uppland. Christian I (1426 &ndash 1481 Danish monarch and union king of Denmark (1448 &ndash 1481 Norway (1450 &ndash 1481 and Sweden (1457 &ndash Sten Sture the Elder ( Sten Sture den äldre; 1440&ndash December 14, 1503) was a Swedish statesman and Regent of Sweden After Sten Sture's victory in the Battle at Brunkeberg in 1471, the situation stabilized and Jakob participated in the work of the privy council. He is usually regarded is the main initiator of the university in Uppsala, which was founded after having received papal approval in the form of a bull of Sixtus IV dated February 27, 1477. Pope Sixtus IV ( July 21, 1414 &ndash August 12, 1484) born Francesco Della Rovere, was Pope from 1471 to 1484 Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Jakob Ulvsson was also appointed first chancellor of the university.
His good relations with Sten Sture later deteriorated with the regent's generally worsened relations to the rest of the council, and the archbishop spent a large part of the time in his fortress Stäket. Almarestäket, or Stäket, is a strait at the inlet of Lake Mälaren in mid-east Sweden In 1497, he and the rest of the council accepted king Hans as king of Sweden. Hans ( Danish, Norwegian and Swedish) ( 2 February 1455 &ndash 20 February 1513) was union king of
He resigned from the archbishopric in 1515. He remained in Sweden until his death in 1521. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation.
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References
- Gunnar Olsson, "Jakob Ulvsson", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, Vol. The Archbishop of Uppsala (spelled Upsala until early 20th century has been the primate in Sweden in an unbroken succession since 1164 first during the Catholic Svenskt biografiskt lexicon is a Swedish Biographical dictionary. 20, pp. 97-103.
- Nordisk familjebok, p. 1200
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