Greve Bengt Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa, greve till Korsholm och Wasa, friherre till Mörby och Lindholmen, herre till Rosersberg, Koporie och Kattila, * 16.vii.1623, Mörby, Esterna, Stockholms län, + 12.vii.1702, Stockholm, and bu. Uppsala Domkyrka.[1] Matriculated at the University of Uppsala, 27.iv.1637; rektor illustris, 16.xi.1643-11.vii.1644; pursued a diplomatic career; governor-general of Swedish Poland, 1655-1659; governor-general of Livland, 27.vi.1662-xi.1665; rikskansliråd, 19.xii.1671; president of the Swedish chancellery, 6.vii.1680; chancellor of the University of Åbo, 19.i.1681, and of the University of Uppsala, 19.vi.1686.[2] He oo 17.xii.1667, Stockholm, to Grevinnan Magdalena Stenbock, * 14.x.1649, + 24.i.1727.[3]
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