Axel (Gustavsson Oxenstierna av Södermöre) Oxenstierna (1583 - 1654)

Born 16 Jun 1583 in Fånö, Löt, Uppland, Sverige

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Åkesdotter Bååt) Åkesdotter — married 5 May 1608 in Jäder's church, Jäder's parish

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1654 at age 71 in Stockholm, Sweden

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Biografi

Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, son av Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (Oxenstierna af Eka och Lindö) och Barbro Axelsdotter Bielke, född 1583-06-16 på Fånö i Löts socken.

Greve till Södermöre, Kalmar län, friherre till Kimito samt Nynäs i Nousis herre till Fiholm i Jäders socken, Södermanlands län samt Tidö i Ryttems socken, Västmanlands län.

Oxenstierna betraktas som grundaren av den svenska statsapparaten, han bildade ämbetsverk och fick dem att samverka, han lät indela landet i jämnstora län med fasta länsgränser som i huvudsak fortfarande gäller.

Blev medlem av riksrådet 1609 och utsågs till rikskansler 1612 (i praktiken regent 1632 då drottning Kristina var omyndig). År 1645 blev Axel Oxenstierna greve med Södermöre i Kalmar län som grevskap.

Den 5 maj 1608 gifte han sig med Anna Åkesdotter Bååt, dotter till Åke Johansson Bååt och Christina Trolle. De skall ha gift sig på Oldenburg, ett senmedeltida stenhus i närheten av dagens Tidö slott, sydväst om Västerås i Västmanland.

Oxenstierna af Södemöre:[1]^[1]

Grebliga etten Oxenstierna af Södemöre no. 4 † Count 1645, † 1706

Gustaf Gabrielsson born 1551, † 1597-01-18. Married 1580 to Barbro Axelsdotter Bielke born 1556, † 1624-01-22. See Oxenstierna af Eka and Lindö no. 1.

Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, count Oxenstierna af Södemöre (son of Gustaf Oxenstierna, see baronial family Oxenstierna af Eka och Lindö, tab 18), count of Södermöre, Kalmar county, baron of Kimito and Nynäs i Nousi lord of Fiholm in Jäders parish, Södermanland county and Tidö in Ryttems parish, Västmanland county. Born 16-06-1583 Fånö. Student in Rostock 1599, in Wittenberg 1600 and in Jena 1601–1603. Chamberlain to King Carl IX 1605. Bequest to the Dukes of Mecklenburg s. å. Riksråd 1609. Bequest to Denmark 04-04-1610. Lawman in all of Norrland 1611-01-19. The k. children's guardian and head of the government after Carl IX's death, so-called Chancellor of the Exchequer 1612-01-06. Lagman also over Jämtland s. å. 22/8. Bequest to the peace treaty in Knäröd 1613-01-00. District chief in Snävringe district in Västmanland s. å. 17/4. Bequeathed to Denmark again 1614-06-27. Knight 1617-10-12 King Gustaf II Adolf's coronation. As chancellor the first president of the collegium of chancellery in 1626. Governor-general, commander-in-chief of the military and plenipotentiary legate in Prussia and all the lands conquered there, etc. Legate and commander-in-chief of the Swedish army on the Rhine as well as civil matters occurring there in 1631. In 1632, after the king's death, received care of Swedish the affairs of Germany. Director of the Evangelical Association in Germany 1633-01-12. One of Queen Christina's guardians. Bequeathed to the peace negotiations in Brömsebro 1645. Lagman jämväl in Härjedalen s. å. 110/10. Count 1645-11-19 with Södra Møre district in Småland to county s. å. 20/11 (introd. 1647 under no. 4). Died 1654-08-28 in Stockholm and buried 1655-03-18 with great pomp and in the presence of King Carl X Gustaf in the Storkyrkan, from where his body was later taken to the crypt built by him at Jäder's church, where his granddaughter's son, Count Axel Gabriel. The Oxenstierna of Croneborg had a magnificent marble epitaph with a Latin inscription erected over him. 'He is the great statesman Axel Oxenstierna, the friend and adviser of the great King Gustaf II Adolf and the foremost ruler of Sweden's affairs, especially in Germany, after the king's death and until Queen Christina's accession to the government. Gained during his studies in Germany perfect proficiency in speaking and writing Latin and German, and studied theology with a fondness, for which science he later throughout his life maintained a special fondness. Returned to Sweden in 1603 at King Carl IX's general summons for Swedish nobles residing abroad. Became the ninth councilor in the right descending line of his family. Was 1611 on 30 Oct. was present in Nyköping at the said king's deathbed. At his appointment in 1612 as chancellor, advised King Gustaf II Adolf against harshness towards the nobility. Received 1614-02-05 at the Riksdag in Örebro from the king as manslän seven bol in Kimito parish to barony, to which 1619-02-01 Nynäs gård was added for an improvement and 1627-11-27 another eleven bol in Kimito parish to barony for his eldest son, on whose death in the following year this part of the parish also fell to his father's barony2. On 1614-07-25 concluded the heijraths (marriage) contract between Princess Catharina and Palatine count Johan Casimir, as well as on 1620-08-09 in Berlin the marriage contract between King Gustaf II Adolf and Princess Maria Eleonora, whom he brought home to Sweden by sea. At the said king's coronation, he wore the royal apple and created four theology doctors on the same occasion. Was sent home in 1626 from Prussia to take care of Queen Dowager Christina's funeral. Was offered princely dignity by the king in 1627, but refused to accept it. In 1634, part of the German Reichsstands appointed him Elector of Mainz, which he, however, recanted on 5/4, just as he subsequently declined the duke title offered by Queen Christina. Came 1646-07-00 after 10 years' absence and after he had put things in Germany on a favorable footing, returned to the kingdom and was received by the estates with great respect. Also wore the national apple at Queen Christina's coronation in 1650. Through his performances with the queen, the enforcement of the three unsaved estates' claim for a reduction of the crown estates, thereby bringing him into the disfavor of the clergy. Loudly disapproved of the queen's intention to appoint Duke Carl Gustaf as his successor, who notwithstanding, when he became king, expressed great confidence in him, calling him his father, his best friend and his foremost adviser. Feigned impropriety and was not present at Queen Christina's abdication. Have given a library taken in Mainz to Västerås high school. His works are listed in the von Stiernmans Biblioth. Sviogoth., tom. 2, pag. 39.' Married 1608-06-05 at Fiholm to Anna Åkesdotter (Bååt), born 1579-12-00. Courted first in Duke Carl's first wife's court, then in Queen Catharina Stenbock's. Died 1649-06-23 in Stockholm and buried on 21/10 in the man's constructed grave in Jäder's church, daughter of Åke Johansson Bååt a>. TrolleChristina and Children:

Gustaf Axelsson Oxenstierna, born 1609-03-29. Died unmarried in 1629 in Prussia.

Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna, born and died 1610.

Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna, born 1611-06-24 in Stockholm, died childless 1657-12-05 in Wismar. Married 1st 1636-06-24 in Stockholm to Countess Anna Margareta Sture Night and Day in her 1: a married, daughter of count Svante Mauritzson Sture Night and Day and the countess Ebba Mauritzdotter Leijonhufvud. Married 2nd 1648-08-13 in Wismar to Countess Margareta Brahe in her 2nd marriage, daughter of the Riksrådet, Count Abraham Brahe.The Golden PathsElsa and the Baroness

Christina Axelsdotter Oxenstierna, born 1612, died 1631-08-08 in Stettin. Married 1628-07-22 in Stockholm to the Marshal Gustaf Carlsson Horn af Björneborg in his 1st marriage.

Catharina Axelsdotter Oxenstierna, born 1612, died before 1661-06-25. Married 1640-03-17 in Nyköping to the councilor Johan Cruus af Edeby no. 69 Cruus of Edeby.

Beata Axelsdotter Oxenstierna, born 1613, died 1617.

Barbro Axelsdotter Oxenstierna, born 1615, died 1617.

Åke Axelsson Oxenstierna, born 1616, died 1617.

Maria Axelsdotter Oxenstierna, born and died 1618.

Gabriel Axelsson Oxenstierna, born and died 1620.

Jakob Axelsson Oxenstierna, born 1621.

Erik Axelsson Oxenstierna, born 1624. Councilor and Governor-General. Died 1656.

Note

Note: http://www.oxenstierna.org/hist_book/kronika.pdf

Axel Oxenstierna föddes den 16 juni 1583 på Fånö i Uppland som son till friherren Gustaf Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1551-1597) och Barbro Bielke. På hösten 1584, vid lite över ett års ålder, följde han med sin far över Östersjön till Revals slott, där hans far blivit ståthållare. Han levde där sina fyra första år. 1588 var de åter hemma på sitt gods Fånö vid Mälaren.

Tillsammans med sina bröder Krister och Gabriel, fick han undervisning av Isac Rothovius (1572-1652) (som senare blev biskop i Åbo) och efter att deras far avlidit 1597, och under Rothovius ledning, reste de utomlands för att fullborda sina studier vid de förnämsta högskolorna: Wittenberg, Jena och Rostock. Hans studerade i huvudsak teologi, latin och tyska.

Tjugo år gammal (1603) var han åter tillbaka i Sverige och blev då utnämnd till kammarjunkare hos kung Karl IX. Tre år senare (1606) fick han i uppdrag att åka till Mecklenburg för att föra en giftemålsavhandling för Karl IX:s systerdotter, men troligen förenad med andra uppdrag också.

Under sin frånvaro utnämndes han till riksråd, och när han kom tillbaka från Mecklenburg 1606 var han, trots sin unga ålder (23 år), en av Karl IX:s mest betydande män. Han fick nu viktiga uppdrag, det ena efter det andra.

Den 5 juni 1608, gifte han sig med Anna Åkesdotter Bååt (1579-1649), som han fick elva barn med, sex söner och fem döttrar. En av döttrarna hette Kristina, och hon kom att gifta sig med fältmarskalkenGustaf Horn. Genom Oxenstiernas äktenskap med Bååt, blev han också ägare till Tidö slott. 1609 sändes han och hovkansler Nils Chesnecopherus till Reval för att på Karl IX:s vägnar ta emot estländska ridderskapet och staden Revals hyllning.

Biography

Birth

Date: 16 JUN 1583

Place: Fånö

Death

Date: 28 AUG 1654

Place: Stockholm

Occupation

Occupation: Statsman, greve av Södermöre, friherre till Kimito, herre till Fiholm och Tidö.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.adelsvapen.com/genealogi/Oxenstierna_af_S%C3%B6derm%C3%B6re_nr_4

See also;

• https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Oxenstierna
• https://sok.riksarkivet.se/oxenstierna
• WikiTree profile Gustavsson Oxenstierna av Södermöre-1 created through the import of Forsstrom och Eriksson Wikitree.GED on Jul 16, 2011 by Torbjörn Forsström. See the Oxenstierna av Södermöre-1 Changes page for the details of edits by Torbjörn and others.