De la Gardie (noble family)
The De la Gardie are a Swedish noble family of French descent that has been a count since 1625 , who rose to the highest nobility and state offices in the 17th century and decisively shaped Sweden.
origin
The de la Gardie go back to Jacques d'Escouperie, Seigneur de Russol De la Gardie , and his wife Catherine de Sainte Colombe. Their son Pontus De la Gardie (1520–1585), Baron von Ekholmen, married Sofia Gyllenhielm (1556–1583), an illegitimate daughter of King John III , in 1580 . of Sweden who died in childbed.
They had three children, Brita, Johan and Jakob. The daughter Brita married the Swedish statesman Gabriel Oxenstierna . Johan married Katarina Kristersdotter Oxenstierna, daughter of the Reichsrat Krister Gabrielsson Oxenstierna. Jakob married Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe ; the son of the two, Magnus , married the sister of King Charles X in 1647 , became a favorite of Queen Christina and the famous Reichsdrost and Chancellor of Sweden. He married Katarina Kristersdotter Oxenstierna († 1625), daughter of the Reichsrat Krister Gabrielsson Oxenstierna and Beata Karlsdotter Gera.
family members
- Johan De la Gardie (1582–1642), Swedish statesman
- Catharina Charlotta De la Gardie (1654 / 55–1697), wife of the Venetian generalissimo and war hero Otto Wilhelm Graf von Königsmarck
- Ebba Margaretha De la Gardie (1704–1775), Swedish countess
- Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622–1686), Count, Reichsmarschall, Reichsdrost and Reich Chancellor, favorite of Queen Christine
- Maria Sofia De la Gardie (1627–1694), Swedish countess, lady-in-waiting, banker and industrial entrepreneur
- Axel Julius De la Gardie (1637–1710), Swedish military and statesman
- Eva Ekeblad , b. De la Gardie (1724–1786), Swedish agronomist
Family relationships
- A1 Jacques d'Escouperie ⚭ Catherine de Sainte Colombe
- B1 Pontus De la Gardie (1520–1585) ⚭ 1580 Sofia Gyllenhielm (1556–1583), daughter of King John III.
- C1 Brita De la Gardie (1581–1645) ⚭I 1614 Jesper Matsson Krus († 1622), ⚭II 1631 Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (1587–1640)
- C2 Johan De la Gardie , Baron von Ekholmen (1582–1642) ⚭ Katarina Kristersdotter Oxenstierna
- C3 Jakob De la Gardie , 1st Count De la Gardie (1583–1652) ⚭ 1618 Ebba Brahe , daughter of Count Magnus Brahe and Margareta Lewenhaupt
- D4 Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie , (1622–1686) ⚭ 1647 Marie Euphrosine von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg (1625–1687), sister of King Charles X.
- E1 Catharina Charlotta De la Gardie (1654 / 55–1697) ⚭ 1682 Otto Wilhelm Graf von Königsmarck (1639–1688)
- D7 Pontus Frederik (1630–1692) ⚭ Beate Elisabeth, daughter of Field Marshal Hans Christoph von Königsmarck
- D9 Axel Julius (1637-1710)
- E2 Adam Carl De la Gardie (1665–1721) ⚭ Anna Juliana Horn af Kanckas (1667–1753)
- F1 Ebba Margaretha De la Gardie (1704-1775)
- E3 Magnus Julius De la Gardie (1668–1741) ⚭ Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie (1695–1745)
- E2 Adam Carl De la Gardie (1665–1721) ⚭ Anna Juliana Horn af Kanckas (1667–1753)
- D4 Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie , (1622–1686) ⚭ 1647 Marie Euphrosine von Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Kleeburg (1625–1687), sister of King Charles X.
- B1 Pontus De la Gardie (1520–1585) ⚭ 1580 Sofia Gyllenhielm (1556–1583), daughter of King John III.
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Sources
The De la Gardie's family records are scattered. A significant part is in the Lund University Library ( Delagardiska Archivet , edited by Wieselgren, 20 vols., Stockholm and Lund 1831–44). The correspondence and files of Magnus Gabriel are mainly kept in the Imperial Archives in Stockholm. The correspondence between Pontus and Jakob lies mainly in the Dorpat University Library .
