Göksholm [SEP] located next to body of water
Göksholm
Göksholm () is a medieval Swedish castle located on the southern beach of lake Hjälmaren. It is the oldest privately owned building in Sweden that has been continuously inhabited.
Göksholm's oldest parts can be dated to the 13th century. It is located in Stora Mellösa, Örebro Municipality.
Historically it is famous for the popular uprising's leader Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, the then leader of the government ("rikshövitsman"), having been murdered on its lands in 1436 by Måns Bengtsson, the son and heir of
Ulv (a cadet branch of the earl dynasty that later became known as the Folkunge royal line, or House of Bjellbo). (She had "possibly" received it as her dower from her first husband, Lord Knut Mattsson of the family of Lejonbjälke, who was lawspeaker of Närke, the province where the castle is located.) Göksholm was then passed down through four female generations. Great-great-granddaughter Lady Christina Magnusdotter brought it to her husband, Lord Bengt Stensson of the Ringhult lordship (the family later