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The Rigsråd ( Danish Thing ) elected Queen Margaret as " all powerful lady and mistress and the Kingdom of Denmark's Regent ".

Just a year later, the Norwegians proclaimed Margaret the " reigning queen " and Albert of Sweden fought off an incursion from Norway.

His respite was temporary — the Swedish nobility soon enlisted the Danish regent's help to remove Albert from the Swedish throne.

In 1388, several of the Swedish nobles wrote secretly to Margaret telling her that if she could rid them of Albert, they would make her Regent.

Margaret lost no time and sent an army into Sweden to attack Albert while the Swedish nobles raised their own army to drive him out of the country.

In 1389, Albert's forces were defeated at the Battle of Falköping in Västergötland.

Albert and his son Erik were captured when their horses became mired in mud so deep they could not escape.

They were put into chains and sent by Queen Margaret to Scania, where Albert was imprisoned in Lindholmen Castle.

It took until 1395 for Margaret to force Albert's supporters out of Stockholm.

She made provisions for the three kingdoms in the event of her death.

She wanted the kingdoms to be unified and peaceful and hence, chose the son of her father's surviving granddaughter, Boguslaw, to be named heir.