Otte Rud

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The looting of Åbo (1509) was Otte Rud's most famous war

Otte Jørgensen Rud , occasionally Otto Ruud (* probably 1482 in Vedby , Denmark ; † 1510 in Landsberg , Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire ) was a Danish army and naval commander during the Danish-Swedish-Hanseatic War .

Life

Otte's father, Jørgen Mikkelsen Rud, was the master of Vedby. In 1502 Otte Rud fought alongside his king John I against Sweden and was initially seriously injured during the siege of Älvsborg fortress . In 1503 he was sent to Norway to support his brother-in-law Henrik Krummedike as commander of Bohus Fortress in the fight against the Swedes and pro-Swedish Norwegian insurgents. From Bohus he conquered the Swedish-occupied fortress Klippeborg in northern Viken at Christmas 1504 .

King Johann sent Rud in 1507 to fight for the Borgholm fortress on the island of Öland, which was besieged by the Swedes . He was just as unable to prevent the landing of Swedish reinforcements on Öland as the fall of Borgholm.

In early August 1509, Rud commanded a Danish fleet that landed in Swedish Finland and captured the important city of Åbo . The city was sacked by the Danes; the cathedral ( Turku Cathedral ) and the bishopric were not spared either. Presumably out of remorse for the sacking of Åbo, Rud went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem , but died on the return journey in Landsberg, Bavaria. In the rule of Vedby he was followed by his brother Knud (Knut). Knud's son (Otte's nephew) Otte Knudsen Rud later also became a Danish admiral.

The Ejby goblet stolen from the cathedral by the Danes during the looting was not returned until 1925.

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SURNAME Rud, Otte
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruud, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish army and naval commander
DATE OF BIRTH around 1482
PLACE OF BIRTH Vedby
DATE OF DEATH 1510
Place of death Landsberg am Lech