Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna

Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna, engraving by Jeremias Falck (1650)

Baron Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna , since 1651 Count on Korsholm and Vasa ( Swedish friherre Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna af Eka och Lindö, Greve av Korsholm och Vasa ; born June 7, ^jul. / 17th June 1586 ^greg. In Lindholmen , † December 2 ^July / December 12, 1656 ^greg. in Edsberg ) was a Swedish statesman .

Life

Origin and family

Gabriel was a member of the Barons Oxenstierna af Eka och Lindö . His parents were Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna († 1591) and Sigrid Gustafsdotter, (nee Tre Rosor). He married Anna Gustafsdotter Banér (1585–1656) in 1610. The marriage had 11 children, including:

Gabriel Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1619–1673), Swedish Imperial Councilor and Imperial Marshal
Anna Gabrieldotter Oxenstierna (1620–1691), ⚭ 1658 Christoph Delphicus von Dohna (1628–1668), Swedish general and diplomat
Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1623–1702), Swedish statesman
Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1626–1693), Swedish councilor and general

Career

Oxenstierna was a chamberlain at the court of Charles IX in 1606 . He was governor of Estonia from 1611 to 1617 and took part in the Kalmar War. In 1617 he was appointed Reichsrat and Reichsfeldzeugmeister and in 1627 he was appointed Lagman in Värmland . From 1631 to 1634 he was Governor General in Finland and from 1634 to 1652 Imperial Treasurer. In the meantime, from 1645 to 1647 he was governor general in Swedish Livonia and in 1646 had a beacon built for the first time on the southern tip of Oesel . Eventually he became Imperial Admiral in 1652 , which he remained until 1656.

Oxenstierna was the first count of Korsholm and Vasa in Österbotten since 1651 and had extensive other land holdings. In 1626 and 1630 he became the owner of Aya , Wendohof, Altenturm and Klein-Caster in Livonia. He had already received the Livonian goods Cremon and Engelhardshof in 1625, and Serbigall was added in 1634. The Swedish estates Edsberg and Moholm came into his possession little after 1630 and 1636 respectively. Between 1634 and 1638 he had Rosersberg Castle built for himself.

Web links

Commons : Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna, Greve af Korsholm och Wasa on adelsvapen.com (Swedish = Gustaf Elgenstierna : Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. 1925–1936).
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna on Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (Swedish)
Oxenstierna, Gabriel Bengtsson (1586–1656) to DigitaltMuseum with numerous sub-references (Norwegian [Bokmål and Nynorsk], Swedish, English)
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 20 : Norrsken – Paprocki . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1914, Sp. 1153-1154 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Svenskt biografiskt lexikon , Volume 19, (1971–1973), p. 343, ( Gabriel O Bengtsson in the family article Oxenstierna, släkt on the pages of the Swedish Imperial Archives ).
Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 248-249 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Individual evidence

↑ Anders Anton von Stiernman: Matriculation öfwer Swea rikes ridderskap och adel. Stockholm 1754, p. 7.
^ Heinrich von Hagemeister : Materials for a History of the Estates of Livonia , Volume 2, Riga 1837, p. 39.

personal data
SURNAME	Oxenstierna, Gabriel Bengtsson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish statesman
DATE OF BIRTH	June 17, 1586
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lindholmen
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 1656
Place of death	Edsberg

[1] Anders Anton von Stiernman: Matriculation öfwer Swea rikes ridderskap och adel. Stockholm 1754, p. 7.

[2] Heinrich von Hagemeister : Materials for a History of the Estates of Livonia , Volume 2, Riga 1837, p. 39.