Erik Valkendorf held the archbishopric of Nidaros from 1510 until his forced exile in 1522, driven out by Christian II after refusing to support the king's aggressive ecclesiastical policies. He died in Rome in 1522, never having returned to Norway. The coinage issued under his authority belongs entirely to that window of conflict — a prelate powerful enough to strike his own silver, ultimately undone by the same crown that tolerated it.
Erik Valkendorf held the archbishopric of Nidaros from 1510 until his forced exile in 1522, driven out by Christian II after refusing to support the king's aggressive ecclesiastical policies. He died in Rome in 1522, never having returned to Norway. The coinage issued under his authority belongs entirely to that window of conflict — a prelate powerful enough to strike his own silver, ultimately undone by the same crown that tolerated it.