Sigbrit Willoms

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Sigbrit Willoms (also Willums) came from Amsterdam, but moved to Bergen, Norway, in the 15th century.

She was mother to Dyveke Sigbritsdatter, who met the future Danish king Christian II in Bergen. Mother and daughter moved with the king to Copenhagen. Sigbrit was in charge of the court of prince Hans and of customs and the treasury. By some seen as the person behind the bloodbath of Stockholm in 1520.

When the king was driven out of Denmark in 1523, Sigbrit fled to Holland.

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