Johan Nilsson Gyllenstierna
Baron Johann Guldenstern , also Güldenstern , ( Swedish Johan Nilsson formerly Gyllenstierna af Lundholm ; Polish Jan Guldenstern ; born January 31, 1569 in Stockholm , † March 1617 in Danzig ) was a Swedish admiral .
Life
Origin and family
Johan was a member of the Swedish barons Gyllenstierna af Lundholm . His parents were the Swedish statesman Nils Gyllenstierna (1526-1601) and Ebba Axelsdotter, née Bielke . The later Swedish Imperial Admiral Göran Nilsson Gyllenstierna (1575-1618) was his younger brother. Johan married Countess Sigrid Brahe (1568–1617), a daughter of Peder Brahe (1520–1590), in Stegeborg in 1595 . The marriage resulted in three sons.
- Johan (1597–1658), chamberlain to Queen Maria Eleonora of Sweden
- Sigismund (1598–1666), Polish magnate
- Casimir († 1640), chamberlain to King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden
Career
Gyllenstierna had in 1598 as Rittmeister of the Swedish aristocratic flag in the throne dispute between the Catholic King Sigismund III. and the Lutheran imperial administrator Karl IX. (Sigmund's uncle) on Sigismund's side and had been appointed Imperial Admiral by the king. Johan had not been able to assert himself against the Reichsadmiral Joachim Scheel, who was also appointed by the Reich Administrator . The attack of the royal fleet on Älvsborg , carried out under his command and with Danish and Polish help, failed. Gyllenstierna then retired to Poland , where he became the founder of the Pomeranian Güldenstern line .
He was the hereditary lord on Fågelvik. He was buried in the Marienkirche in Gdansk, where his son Sigismund built a burial chapel for him .
Web links
- Johan Nilsson Gyllenstierna on adelsvapen.com (Swedish = Gustaf Elgenstierna : Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. 1925–1936).
- Johan Nilsson Gyllenstierna . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 10 : Gossler-Harris . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1909, Sp. 767-768 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Johan Nilsson Gyllenstierna . 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. 429 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Gabriel Anrep : Svenska adelns ättartaflor. Volume 2, Stockholm 1861, pp. 137-144 (Swedish).
- ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adelslexikon , Supplement , Leipzig 1839, p. 200.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gyllenstierna, Johan Nilsson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gyllenstierna af Lundholm, Johan Nilsson friherre (Swedish, with title); Guldenstern, Johann (German); Güldenstern, Johann (German); Guldenstern, Jan (Polish) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1569 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1617 |
| Place of death | Danzig |