Henrik Klasson (abt. 1512 - 1595)

Born about 1512 in Joensuun, Halikko, Suomi

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Died 1595 at about age 83 in Myckilsberg, Suomi

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Biografi

Stamfadern för Kankasgrenen av ätten Horn

Henrik Klasson var son till riksrådet Klas Henriksson (Horn) och hans hustru Kristina. Han bodde under sina första år på faderns sätesgård Åminne (Joensuun kartano) i Halikko men efter dennes död ca 1520 flyttade han med modern till hennes sätesgård Haapaniemi i Kisko. ^[1]

Omkring 1544 gifte han sig med Elin Arvidsdotter, dotter till slottsfogden Arvid Eriksson (Stålarm) och Kristina Knutsdotter (Kurck). Han skall ha gift sig en andra gång, före juni 78, det enda kända namnet på denna hustru är förnamnet Brita. ^[1]

Hans sätesgård var först Haapaniemi i Kisko, senare Kankas i Masku, som han lämnade åt äldste sonen, samtidigt som han byggde en ny som han gav namnet Myckilsberg. ^[1]

Han skall ha fått åtminstone nio barn;

• Carl (ca 1550-1601), riksråd
• Jöran/Göran (död 1600), ståthållare.
• Arvid (död 1606-1607), riksråd.
• Kerstin Gift 1561 med riksrådet Jacob Henriksson (Hästesko) (död 1567). Gift 1570 med riksrådet Clas Åkesson (Tott) (död 1590). Hon dog före november 1598
• Karin (nämns ännu 1594). Gift med ståthållaren Hans Björnsson (Lejon)
• Elin (död före 1609). Gift med ståthållaren Clas Hermansson Fleming
• Anna. Gift 1584 med ståthållaren Lars Hermansson Fleming (död 1602). Gift 1606 med ståthållaren Tönne Jöransson (Gyllenmåne) till Högsjögård.
• Brita (död senast 1587). Gift 1578 med Tönne Eriksson Tott.
• Elisabet (död före 1614). Gift med riksrådet Klas Jonsson (Barkestorpätten)

Biography

Henrik Klasson Horn - or Henrikki Laavunpoika - (c. 1512–1595) was a Swedish military officer and Governor-General of Finland. He was an ancestor of the noble Swedish family, Horn af Kanckas.

He was the son of Klas Henriksson Horn (c. 1445 - c. 1520), a member of the Privy Council of Sweden, and his second wife Lady Kirsti of Salmenkylä, Heiress of Töytärinhovi (c. 1495 - c. 1553), grand daughter of Niklis Poitz (Vehkalahden Norspy, Lord of Grotila) via his third and youngest child, Matleena / Magdalena.

His half siblings, from his father's first marriage to Kristina Kristersdotter Frille were:

• Krister Klasson Horn af Åminne (died 1520), founder of his line and was bailiff of Turku castle
• Birgitta Klassdotter Horn, who married Hevonpään lord, gunman Peder Nilsson (Jägerhorn af Spurila)
• Margareta Klassdotter Horn, married to judge Jöns Andersson Garp (1484-1510).

Henrik's parents presumably married in 1511, when his father was commander of the Viborg Castle. He was not quite ten years old when his father died, probably in the summer of 1520. He resided with his mother chiefly at Haapaniemi Manor in Kisko, on the borders of Nylandia and Finland, where Kirsti is recorded as widow by 1524 and again in 1530.

Around 1531, his mother Kristi married Jaakko Vundrank (floruit 1529 - c. 1548), an administrator in the service of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden and a fiefholder of Elimäki in Kymenlaakso. From his mother's new marriage his half-brother was:

• Tyni Jaakonpoika Vundrank, Lord of Salmenkylä (born in 1530s, died before 1584).

In the 1530s, Henrik was serving King Gustav Vasa, both at the royal court and in the military. He was briefly over-governor of Stockholm castle, then became inspector of royal revenues in Finland and commander of Finnish infantry.

Henrik worked under Gustav Vasa and his two oldest sons King Erik XIV of Sweden and King John III of Sweden (who ruled Finland under the title of Duke John). He became chief judge in southern Finland through 1549 – 1561. He was also appointed Governor-General of Finland in 1551.

King Eric XIV of Sweden knighted him at his royal coronation (1561) and he was sent as commander-in-chief to the Livonian front (now Estonia).

Between 1558 and 1563 he was one of Duke John's closest advisors. He then served under King Erik XIV, and was made a colonel during the Livonian War in October 1563 and Governor of Estonia and highest commander of the Swedish Infantry in the Baltic Dominions of Sweden. He defeated a German mercenary force near Tallinn in 1565 and became governor of Reval (Tallinn) and over Livonia (Estonia). Henrik was named to the position of High Councillor in 1566 but lost command in 1567 after the failure of the Swedish siege of Narva.

King John III appointed him as Governor-General of Finland and he served as such from 1572 until around 1580. This command included being commander-in-chief of all troops in Finland. He was one of leaders of Sweden's attempted conquest of northwestern Russia, in 1578-1580, but successes were only sporadic.

In the 1580s, he settled to Taipale Manor which he had built in Masku, and left Kankainen Manor to his eldest son, Field Marshal Karl Henriksson Horn af Kanckas (1550–1601).

By 1584, his maternal half-brother Tyni Jaakonpoika Vundrank, Lord of Salmenkylä had died, without an heir and his holdings in Vehkalahti (estates in Salmenkylä, Reitkalli, Hietakylä and Husu-Pyöli) passed to Henrik.

He died in 1595.

Henrik Klasson was a leading diplomat and administrator in the Swedish service holding successive posts as governor-general of Finland (1551), of Estland (1562, 1565), and again of Finland (1572). He had settled at his family's eponymous home of Kankas in Masku in July 1544, probably in connection with his marriage.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Henrik Klasson (Horn), https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/13824, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Eric Anthoni), hämtad 2019-08-10.

• Finish Wikipedia, Horn Family of Finland
• Adelsvapen.com, Horn af Kanckas
• Adelvapen.com, Horn af Åminne
• Horn Family
• Finnish Wikipedia, Klas Lydekesson Djäkn
• Book: Frälsesläkter i Finland intill stora ofreden, author; Jully Ramsay, published 1909 in Helsingfors. Made available online by Project Runeberg. Djäkn/Diekn Family
• Finish Wikipedia, Anola Manor
• Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor med tillägg och rättelser. Book III page 671 Tab 7. Digitized 2018 by Genealogiska Föreningen, Author Gustaf Elgenstierna 1925-1936 ISBN 978-91-984864-0-7
• Adelsvapen Wiki
• Frälsesläkter i Finland intill stora ofreden / p 181 (1909-1916) Author: Jully Ramsay
• Henrik Klasson (Horn), https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/artikel/13824, Svenskt biografiskt lexikon (art av Eric Anthoni), hämtad 2019-07-20.

See also;

• https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joensuun_kartano
• https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haapaniemen_linna

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Klasson Horn af Kanckas-1 created through the import of Forsstrom och Eriksson Wikitree.GED on Jul 16, 2011 by Torbjörn Forsström. See the Horn af Kanckas-1 Changes page for the details of edits by Torbjörn and others.
• WikiTree profile Klasson Horn af Kanckas-2 created through the import of Forsstrom och Eriksson Wikitree.GED on Jul 16, 2011 by Torbjörn Forsström. See the Horn af Kanckas-2 Changes page for the details of edits by Torbjörn and others.
• Peter Larsen, firsthand knowledge. Entered by Peter Larsen, Nov 30, 2012. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Peter and others.
• WikiTree profile UNKNOWN-115196 created through the import of 3ye218_5976683n2a1j4e2q7epdbc.ged on Sep 25, 2011 by Timo Westerlund. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Timo and others.
• https://www.adelsvapen.com/genealogi/Horn_af_Kanckas_nr_12#TAB_7