Göran Boije
Göran Nilsson Boije von Gennäs ( Swedish Göran Nilsson Boije af Gennäs ; * around 1540 , † December 7, 1617 in Gennäs) was a Swedish diplomat , field marshal and governor .
Life
Origin and family
Göran was a member of the Swedish noble family Boije af Gennäs . He was a son of the Swedish statesman Nils Andersson Boije († 1568) and the Brita Christiernsdotter, nee Horn af Kanckas († 1580). Göran married Anna Göransdotter Gyllenmåne till Högsjögård in 1592 and in 1616 with Magdalena Schade in their second marriage. The first marriage resulted in nine children.
Career
Boije was first mentioned as Rittmeister in 1564 . In 1566 he was sent to France on a diplomatic mission . He fought in several Northern Wars and was instrumental in various related diplomatic negotiations with Russia . In 1576 he was Swedish field marshal of all people of war in Finland and from 1577 to 1580, again from 1582 to 1583, Swedish governor in Reval, and from 1592 to 1600, Swedish governor in Estonia.In the late 1584, he became commander-in-chief of the fortresses of Wiborg , Nyslott and Kexholm . He was appointed to Lagman in 1585 and eventually advanced to Imperial Councilor in 1602 .
Göran was hereditary lord on Gennäs near Pojo and Kulla near Fellin , and in the 1590s also on the Hageweide and Löwenwolde estates in Jerwen . He was buried in the church of Pojo.
literature
- Göran Boije . In: Bernhard Meijer (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 3 : Bergsvalan – Branstad . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1905, Sp. 921 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Göran Boije . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 113 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Göran Boije till Gennäs on adelsvapen.com (Swedish = Gustaf Elgenstierna : Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. 1925–1936).
- Göran Boije on Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gabriel Anrep : Svenska adelns ättartaflor , Volume 1, Stockholm 1858, pp. 242-256.
- ^ Karsten Brüggemann and Ralph Tuchtenhagen : residents and representatives of the city of Reval / Tallinn. In: Tallinn. Little history of the city. Cologne-Weimar-Vienna 2011, p. 4.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boije, Göran |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boije von Gennäs, Göran Nilsson (full name); Boije af Gennäs, Göran Nilsson (Swedish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish diplomat, field marshal and governor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1540 |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1617 |
| Place of death | Gennäs |