Axel Julius De la Gardie
Axel Julius De la Gardie (baptized February 12 . Jul / 22. February 1637 greg. In Stockholm , † May 7. . Jul / 18th May 1710 . Greg ) was a Swedish military and statesman.
Life
Axel Julius De la Gardie was born as the youngest son of the Swedish military and politician Jakob De la Gardie (1583-1652) and his wife Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe (1596-1674). His grandfather Pontus De la Gardie (1520–1585) was a French military leader who had entered Swedish service and married the Swedish Countess Sophie Johannsdotter Gyllenhielm .
Count Axel Julius De la Gardie quickly made a career in the Swedish military. In 1656 he became a major in the royal bodyguard . In September 1660 he was appointed colonel of the Västgöta regiment on horseback. In 1664 he was major general of the cavalry and colonel of the royal bodyguard.
From 1674 Axel Julius De la Gardie held the rank of Swedish Imperial Councilor and one year later he became Lieutenant Field Marshal . In 1676 he was given the command of the troops in Finland and Ingermanland in order to organize the defense against a possible Russian attack. In 1677 De la Gardie took over the defense against Danish Norway in Jämtland and Bergslagen .
From 1687 to 1704 he was Governor General of Estonia . He favored the local Baltic German nobility. With the beginning of the Great Northern War in 1700 he organized the Swedish troops in the country against the tsarist army under Peter I. In 1704 he was ordered back to Sweden after failures. However, he retained his place in the Reichsrat.
Private life
Axel Julius De la Gardie was married from 1664 to the baroness Sofia Juliana Forbus (1649–1701), a daughter of the Swedish general and councilor Arvid Forbus (1598–1665). The couple had three sons:
1. Adam Carl De la Gardie (1664–1721)
2. Magnus Julius De la Gardie (1668–1741)
3. Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie (1669–1717)
Web links
- Axel Julius De la Gardie , http://www.nad.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/17373 , Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (G. Jacobson), accessed on March 28, 2013
Individual evidence
- ^ Axel Julius De la Gardie in Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 46
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De la Gardie, Axel Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish military and statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized February 22, 1637 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1710 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |