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Niels Ebbesen

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Danish folk hero

Lived 1308 to 1340 · aged 32
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Niels Ebbesen was a Danish squire and national hero, known for assassinating Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg in 1340. From 1332 to 1340, Count Gerhard was the lord of both Jutland and Funen. His death meant the end of Holstein rule in Denmark.

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Niels Ebbesen, painted by Agnes Slott-Møller in 1893-1894, Randers Museum of ArtNiels Ebbesen, painted by Agnes Slott-Møller in 1893-1894, Randers Museum of Art

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Lived 1308 to 1340 · aged 32
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