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Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie with his spouse Maria Eufrosyne of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, the sister of King Charles X of Sweden. Painting from 1653 by Hendrik Münnichhoven.

Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622-1686), Swedish statesman. He was the son of Jacob De la Gardie and the grandson of Ponce (Pontus) de la Gardie, a French mercenary who had been in Danish service, but made a career in Sweden after having been captured by Swedish troups in 1565, eventually marrying the illegitimate daughter of king John III. Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie with his spouse Maria Eufrosyne of Pfalz-Zweibrücken. ... Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie with his spouse Maria Eufrosyne of Pfalz-Zweibrücken. ... Charles X or Karl X Gustav (1622 – 1660), king of Sweden, son of John Casimir, Margrave of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, and Catherine, sister of Gustavus Adolphus, was born at the Castle of Nyköping on November 8, 1622. ... The family orginates in France. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... Events The League of Augsburg is founded. ... Jump to: navigation, search Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie (20 June 1583 - 22 August 1652) was a Swedish-Finnish statesman and a soldier, appointed Privy Councilor in 1613, Governor General of Livonia in 1621, and Lord High Constable in 1628. ... Ponce (Pontus) de la Gardie, a French nobleman in the service of Sweden. ... Events March 1 - the city of Rio de Janeiro is founded April 27 - Cebu City is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. ... Jump to: navigation, search John III (Johan III) (December 23, 1537 - November 27, 1592) was King of Sweden from 1568 until his death. ...

After a careful education, completed by the usual grand tour, Magnus learned the art of war under Gustav Horn, and during the reign of Christina of Sweden (1644-1654), whose prime favourite he became, though the liaison was innocent enough, he was raised to the highest offices in the state and loaded with distinctions. In 1646 he was sent at the head of an extraordinary mission to France, and on his return married the queen's cousin Marie Euphrosyne of Zweibrücken, who, being but a poor princess, benefited greatly by her wedding with the richest of the Swedish magnates. Immediately afterwards, De la Gardie was made a Privy Councillor, Governor General of Saxony during the last stages of the Thirty Years' War, and in 1652, Lord High Treasurer, or Riksskattmästare. In 1653 he fell into disgrace and had to withdraw from court. During the reign of Charles X of Sweden (1654-1660) he was employed in the Baltic provinces both as a civilian and a soldier, although in the latter capacity he gave the martial king but little satisfaction. Charles X nevertheless, in his last will, appointed De la Gardie, Riksdrots or Lord Chief Justice and a member of the council of regency which ruled Sweden during the minority of Charles XI of Sweden (1660-1672). During this period De la Gardie was the ruling spirit of the government and represented the party of warlike adventure as opposed to the party of peace and economy led by Counts Gustav Bonde and Per Brahe. After a severe struggle De la Gardie's party finally prevailed, and its triumph was marked by that general decline of personal and political morality which has given to this regency its unenviable reputation. Gustaf Horn (1592-1657) Count Gustaf Horn (October 22, 1592 - May 10, 1657) was a Swedish soldier and politician, appointed Privy Councilor in 1625, Field Marshal in 1628, Governor General of Livonia in 1652 and Lord High Constable in 1653. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christina (Kristina) (December 18, 1626 â€“ April 19, 1689), later known as Maria Christina Alexandra and sometimes Count Dohna, was Queen regnant of Sweden from 1632 to 1654. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... // Events The Westminster Confession of Faith Ongoing events English Civil War (1642-1649) Births February 4 - Hans Erasmus AÃŸmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. ... The Swedish Senate: Riksrådet, from 1809 Statsrådet, from 1975 Regeringen was and is the principal government institution of Sweden The Swedish Senate, Senatus Regni Sueciae, originated as a council of Regional Magnates acting as advisers to the Monarch of the combined Realms of the Swedes (from 996, approximately). ... A Governor-General, or Generalguvernör, was appointed by the Swedish monarch as a form of viceroy, with both civil and military jurisdiction, over parts of the Swedish Realm, from the 17th century to the early 19th century, when constitutional changes made the office obsolete. ... Jump to: navigation, search With an area of 18,413 kmÂ² and a population of 4. ... Jump to: navigation, search The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally on the territory of todays Germany , but also involving most of the major continental powers. ... // Events April 6 - Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp for the Dutch East India Company at the Cape of Good Hope, and founded Cape Town. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... Charles X or Karl X Gustav (1622 – 1660), king of Sweden, son of John Casimir, Margrave of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, and Catherine, sister of Gustavus Adolphus, was born at the Castle of Nyköping on November 8, 1622. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... The Dominions of Sweden or Svenska besittningar were territories that historically came under control of the Swedish Crown, but never became fully integrated with Sweden. ... Charles XI (Karl XI) (November 24, 1655 â€“ April 5, 1697) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death. ... Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as Â´het rampjaarÂ´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... Gustaf Bonde Baron Gustaf Bonde (February 4, 1620 - May 25, 1667) was a Swedish statesman. ... Count Per Brahe (February 18, 1602 - September 2, 1680) was a Swedish soldier and statesman. ...

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622-1686)

It was De la Gardie who first made Sweden the obsequious hireling of the foreign power which had the longest purse. The beginning of this shameful "subsidy policy" was the Treaty of Fontainebleau (1661) of the Northern Wars, by a secret paragraph of which Sweden, in exchange for a considerable sum of money, undertook to support the French candidate on the first vacancy of the Polish throne. It was not, however, till April 14, 1672 that Sweden, by the Treaty of Stockholm, became a regular "mercenanus Galliae" pledging herself, in return for 400,000 écus per annum in peace and 600,000 in war time, to attack with 16,000 men those German princes who might be disposed to assist the Netherlands. The early disasters of the unlucky war of 1675-1679 were rightly attributed to the carelessness, extravagance, procrastination and general incompetence of De la Gardie and his high aristocratic colleagues. In 1675 a special commission was appointed to inquire into their conduct, and on May 27, 1682 it decided that the regents and the senate were solely responsible for dilapidations of the realm, the compensation due by them to the crown being assessed at 4,000,000 Riksdaler. De la Gardie was treated with relative leniency, but he "received permission to retire to his estates for the rest of his life" and died there in comparative poverty, a mere shadow of his former magnificent self. The best sides of his character were his brilliant social gifts and his intense devotion to literature and art. Image File history File links Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie Source: Svenska Familj-Journalen File links The following pages link to this file: Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie ... Image File history File links Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie Source: Svenska Familj-Journalen File links The following pages link to this file: Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie ... The Treaty of Fontainebleau refers to a number of agreements signed at Fontainebleau, France, often at the Château de Fontainebleau: October 24, 1745 creating a military alliance between Louis XV of France and Charles Edward Stuart. ... Events January 6 - The fifth monarchy men unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London. ... King Charles X of Sweden The Northern Wars (1655-1661) is a name sometimes used for the series of conflicts between Sweden and its adversaries Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (The Deluge, 1655-1660), Russia (1656-1661), Brandenburg-Prussia (1657-1660), the Holy Roman Empire (1657-60) and Denmark (1657-1658, 1658... Jump to: navigation, search April 14 is the 104th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (105th in leap years). ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as Â´het rampjaarÂ´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... The Treaty of Stockholm can mean: Treaty of Stockholm (1371) Treaty of Stockholm (1435) Treaty of Stockholm (1465) Treaty of Stockholm (1497) Treaty of Stockholm (1502) Treaty of Stockholm (1523) Treaty of Stockholm (1672) Treaty of Stockholm (1719) - Hannover Treaty of Stockholm (1720) - Prussia Treaty of Stockholm (1720) - Denmark Treaty... The term Ã©cu may refer to one of several French coins. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... Events January 24 - King Charles II of England disbands Parliament August 7 - The brigantine Le Griffon, which was commissioned by RenÃ© Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the southern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events January 5 - The Battle of Turckeim June 18 - Battle of Fehrbellin August 10 - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London - construction begins November 11 - Guru Gobind Singh becomes the Tenth Guru of the Sikhs. ... Jump to: navigation, search May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... Events March 11 â€“ Chelsea hospital for soldiers is founded in England May 6 - Louis XIV of France moves his court to Versailles. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Riksdaler was the name of the currency used in Sweden until 1873 when it was replaced with the krona as an effect of the Scandinavian Monetary Union. ...

De la Gardie's ancestral home provides a chilling backdrop for the short story Count Magnus by Montague Rhodes James. Montague Rhodes James, (August 1, 1862–June 12, 1936). ...

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