Axevalla House

It is located on a headland by Lake Husesjön, east of the heathland of Axevalla Hed and halfway between the cities Skara and Skövde.

Axevalla was given to Duke Erik, and after his death in 1318 as a prisoner at Nyköpings hus, his widow Ingeborg Håkansdotter – mother of the still underage King Magnus Eriksson – received the estate as her residence.

Her contacts with the mighty Danish family Porse was considered a threat to the Swedish Crown, as Axevalla House was an important defence in the ongoing wars between the Nordic countries.

The conflict ended with the Peace of Skara in 1326, where it was decided that Ingeborg Håkansdotter should relinquish Axevalla House and instead move to the estate of Dåvö in Munktorp in Västmanland.

During the battles between kings Charles VIII of Sweden and Christian I of Denmark, it was attacked by an uprising of disgruntled farmers and burnt to the ground.