Kerstin Gabrielsdotter, born around 1529, died around 1590, was a Swedish noblewoman who was accused of murdering Johan III 's illegitimate daughter Lucretia Gyllenhielm with the help of magic.
Kerstin's father was the district chief in Uppvidinge Gabriel Körning[1] to Getnö farm in Almundsryd parish.
[1] He was then forced to give up the farm and the island to Gustaf Vasa after being accused of engaging in illegal border trade and smuggling.
Wilhelmina Stålberg states in her 1864 book Anteckningar om svenska qvinnor "that she with 12 noble women's oath could prove her innocence; but since she was not only suspected, but probably also convicted as her husband's murderer, she was killed".
[7] Duke Karl's rhyming chronicle states that the king gave her the opportunity to swear off the accusation through the oath of 12 noble women.