Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna

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Beng Jönsson (Oxenstierna), painting from Tensta Church

Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna (* between 1390 and 1393; † 1450) was a Swedish knight , imperial council and for a few months in 1448, Swedish imperial administrator .

Bengt Jönsson was the son of Jöns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna) the Elder. and Märta Finvidsdotter (Frössviksätten). In 1426 he became a court clerk in the Harde Tierp , 1437 or 1438 Reichsrat, 1439 or 1440 law spokesman (judge) in Uppland , 1441 knight, Reichshofmeister from 1441 to 1448 and from January to June 1448, together with his brother Nils Jönsson (Oxenstierna) , imperial administrator of Sweden.

Bengt Jönsson's father's house was in Salsta in the parish Lena socken in the judicial district of Norunda härad in Uppland. He donated large sums to the Tensta Church. For this he was immortalized on a wall in the church in the form of a so-called donor portrait . This, like 60 percent of the other pictures in the church, was painted by the painter Johannes Rosenrod .

In 1416 he married Christina Christiernsdotter (Wasa) , who died in the 1430s. In his second marriage he took Märta Lydekadotter (Stralendorp) as his wife. He was the father of the Archbishop Jöns Bengtsson (Oxenstierna) , Christiern Bengtsson (Oxenstierna) the Elder. , Arvid Bengtsson and David Bengtsson.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Oxenstierna.com. Retrieved August 4, 2013 .
  2. ^ Swedish Imperial Archives, Hans Gillingstam (Swedish). Retrieved August 4, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Oxenstierna, Bengt Jönsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish knight, imperial councilor and imperial administrator
DATE OF BIRTH between 1390 and 1393
DATE OF DEATH 1450