Career
Anna Andersdotter married Jöran Persson in 1561. During the first illness of Eric XIV in 1567, Jöran Persson was deposed from his position and arrested. Reportedly, she was sentenced guilty as charged, but for unknown reasons, she sentence was never carried out.
Tradition has it that it was commuted upon the request of Karin Månsdotter, but this is regarded as one of the many myths created around Karin.
In any case, soon after this, the king recovered his senses, and Jöran Persson was reinstated in his position as adviser to the king. In 1568, however, Eric XIV was deposed and imprisoned.
Jöran Persson was once again deposed, imprisoned and this time executed. His mother, Anna Phersönernas moder, was also arrested and sentenced to death and would have been executed had she not died before the execution.
