Mats Kettilmundsson (also Mattias) (ca. 1280 - died 11 May 1326) was a

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knight,

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and statesman.

Biography

In 1302, Mats Kettilmundsson was one of the knights and confidants of Duke Eric Magnusson (c. 1282–1318). He presided on the Swedish regency council alongside Queen Ingeborg (1301–1361) and her sister-in-law Ingeborg Eriksdottir (1297-1357) in a joint regency for the minor King

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(1316-1374). During 1319, Mats Kettilmundsson resigned but continued to occupy a significant place among the council and as the king's guardian. In 1322 he participated in the meeting of nobles at

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(then a

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possession), alleging that the city must be punished for executing four of his soldiers who had gone on a rampage there. He died in May 1326 probably at

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in ''Medeltidens svenska krig'' Stockholm 1999 p. 137

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