Blåtårn

The Blue Tower (Danish Blåtårn ) was a tower of the Royal Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark. He existed from the 15th century to 1731.

History

It is not known when the tower was built. He was first mentioned during the reign of King John I of Denmark. It was used as a prison, where many famous prisoners were imprisoned. Among 1520 grandmother, mother and sisters of the Swedish king Gustav I Vasa. Another well-known prisoner was from 1663 to 1685 Leonora Christina Ulfeldt. During this time she began with the constitution of her autobiography Jammers Minde (Leiden memory) that represents their privation captivity.

From 1731 to 1732 the tower was demolished. Other towers in Denmark were called Blue Tower: a prison on Frederiksholm Canal in Copenhagen (1848 demolished) and the tower of the castle Sønderborg in southern Jutland.

Known prisoners

• Sigrid Eskilsdotter, grandmother of the Swedish king Gustav I Vasa
• Cecilia Månsdotter, mother of King Gustav I.
• Margaret Eriksdotter Wasa Wasa and Marta Eriksdotter Emerentia Eriksdotter Wasa, King Gustav's sisters
• Christina Gyllenstierna, Sten Sture the Younger wife
• Torben Oxe, a Danish nobleman and alleged murderer Dyveke Sigbritsdatters
• Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, daughter of King Christian IV of Denmark

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• Prison tower
• Building in Copenhagen
• Tower in Denmark
• Destroyed in the 1730s
• Abgegangenes building in Denmark
• Tower in Europe