Blue Tower (Copenhagen)
The Blue Tower (Danish. Blåtårn ) was a tower of the Royal Palace in Copenhagen , Denmark . It existed from the 15th century until 1731.
history
It is not known when the tower was built. It was first mentioned in a document during the reign of King John I of Denmark . It was used as a prison where many well-known prisoners were held. Among them were the grandmother, mother and sisters of the Swedish King Gustav I. Wasa in 1520 . Another known prisoner was Leonora Christina Ulfeldt from 1663 to 1685 . During this time she began to write her autobiography Jammers Minde ( memory of suffering ), which depicts her deprivation-rich imprisonment.
From 1731 to 1732 the tower was demolished. Other towers in Denmark were also referred to as the Blue Tower : a prison on the Frederiksholm Canal in Copenhagen ( demolished in 1848 ), the tower of Sønderborg Castle in South Jutland and the keep of Victory Castle in Holstein.
Known prisoners
- Sigrid Eskilsdotter, grandmother of the Swedish King Gustav I. Wasa
- Cecilia Månsdotter, mother of King Gustav I.
- Margaret Eriksdotter Wasa , Märta Eriksdotter Wasa and Emerentia Eriksdotter Wasa, sisters of King Gustav
- Christina Gyllenstierna, wife of Sten Stures the Younger
- Torben Oxe, a Danish nobleman and alleged murderer of Dyveke Sigbritsdatters
- Dina Vinhofvers
- Leonora Christina Ulfeldt , daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark
- Otto Sperling
Coordinates: 55 ° 40 ′ 31 ″ N , 12 ° 34 ′ 42 ″ E