• served as governor of Uppland County from 1656 to 1660, and served on the Riksråd for Christina, Queen of Sweden in 1654. He built the modern Djursholm Castle...
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    led to a large host of peasants going to Västerås to protest. While the Riksråd intervened to peacefully resolve the protests, no actions were taken against...
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  • When Johan Möller died in 1632, Stopia was officially credited by the riksråd to continue with the work of her late spouse and fill the position of his...
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  • Born to Johan Jacob Ehrensvärd and Anna Maria Mannerheim, she married riksråd count Gustaf Adolf Hjärne in 1739. She and her spouse were both known sympathizers...
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    authority. In 1617, he became a State Judge (kammarråd) and High Councillor (riksråd), and participated in the drafting of the 1617 Coronation Oath of King...
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    Lord High Constable of Sweden, member of the Privy Council of Sweden (Riksråd), and virtual ruler of Sweden during the early reign of King Birger Magnusson...
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  • daughter of Count Arvid Wittenberg and Eva Margareta von Langen, and married riksråd Baron Henrik Horn in 1674. In 1675, her husband assigned her a diplomatic...
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    April 1800) was a Swedish noble. She was the daughter of the General and riksråd count Magnus Julius De la Gardie and the political salonist Hedvig Catharina...
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    foster homes. In 1773, she married riksråd Ulrik Scheffer, a political opponent of Erik Brahe. As the wife of riksråd Scheffer, Piper was given the title...
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    for the king's soul. Despite demonstrating her compassion with the other Riksråd deposed during the Riksdag of 1738, she smiled when the misfortune of the...
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    d'état of queen Louisa Ulrika in 1756. Ulrika Strömfelt was the daughter of riksråd count Johan Carl Strömfelt and the överhovmästarinna and royal governess...
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  • Lundholm and Ebba Bielke af Åkerö. In 1608, she married the admiral and riksråd nobleman Hans Claesson Bielkenstierna (d. 1620). She was appointed head...
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    called Trolle-Ljungby). Hans Wachtmeister (1609–1652), Major General, Riksråd and Master of the Horse Eva Juliana Wachtmeister (1639–1666), married to...
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    in terms that could be interpreted as giving her certain powers in the Riksråd. After the accession of Magnus as king she was included in the Swedish...
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  • was in fact the Swedish Crown Prince in disguise who, in a conflict with riksråd Count Carl Gustaf Tessin and the nobility party of the parliament, had...
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    stated that Christina was to marry his cousin riksråd Johan Turesson Tre Rosor, Lord of Falun, riksråd and governor of Nyköping (149?-1556): they were...
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  • Gräfsnäs and lady of Käggleholm. Ebba Lilliehöök was the only child of the riksråd Måns Bryntesson Lilliehöök (d. 1529) and Brita Jönsdotter Roos of Ervalla...
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  • Wends Used in the Swedish form Sveriges, Götes och Vendes konung until 1973. Thereafter simply King of Sweden (Sveriges konung). Kingdom of the Vandals...
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    court. In 1575 or 1576, Sparre was appointed Privy Councilor (Swedish: Riksråd) and had a special interest in the organization of the National Archives...
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  • the daughter of riksråd and nobleman Benkt Pedersson Gylta (d. 1520) and Brita Bengtsdotter Lillie (d.1560) and the sister of riksråd Bengt Gylta (1514–1574)...
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    my virtue to save a family ruined by gambling. Her father was appointed riksråd, and others who had participated in the affair in the king's favor were...
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    colonel of Skaraborg Regiment. The same year, he offered the position of riksråd, but demurred in favour of remaining with the Army. At the outbreak of...
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  • colonel nobleman Jurgen Johan Wrangel and Margareta Stenbock and married to riksråd count Johan Carl Strömfelt (1678-1736). She became the mother of three...
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    difficult, and in 1636 she lost her parental rights to her daughter. The Riksråd justified its decision by asserting that she neglected Christina and her...
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    of the Victory at Fredrikshamn in 1790, she refused to be escorted by riksråd Count Joakim Beck-Friis, who was in favor of the reform, and demanded to...
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    Abraham and Sten were knighted, as well as her brother-in-law were named riksråd, beginning what was referred to as the period of the Kungafränderna ('The...
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    courtier, letter writer and dilettante artist. Ulla Tessin was born to riksråd marshal count Erik Sparre of Sundby and Christina (Stina) Beata Lillie...
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    reign of her spouse. Ingeborg was the daughter of the Danish noble and riksråd Aage Axelsson Tott (1405–1477), governor of Örebro Castle in Sweden, and...
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    has been partially published. Brita Horn was one of two children born to riksråd count Adam Horn af Ekebyholm (1717-1778) and countess Anna Katarina Meijerfelt...
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  • and left her a widow with two children. In 1662, she married secondly to riksråd baron Gustaf Posse af Hedensund till Arnäs (1626-1676). She also described...
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