Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa, 1st Count of Korsholm and Vaasa, was a Swedish statesman, jurist and diplomat who lived from 18 March 1586 to 12 December 1656. He served as Governor-General of Reval and Swedish Estonia from 1611, became a Privy Councillor and Master of the Ordnance in 1617, and was Governor-General of Finland from 1631 to 1633. He was named Lord High Treasurer of Sweden in 1634, served as Governor-General of Swedish Livonia from 1645 to 1647, was made 1st Count of Korsholm and Vaasa in 1651, and became Lord High Admiral of Sweden in 1652. He married Anna Gustafsdotter Baner in 1610 and the couple had eleven children.
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He was the son of Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna the Elder, councillor to Duke Charles of Södermanland, Närke and Värmland (later King Charles IX), and his first wife Sigrid Gustafsdotter (Tre Rosor).
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Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa, 1st Count of Korsholm and Vaasa, was a Swedish statesman, jurist and diplomat who lived from 18 March 1586 to 12 December 1656.
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Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna af Korsholm och Wasa, 1st Count of Korsholma and Vaasa was a Swedish statesman, jurist and diplomat.
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was a Swedish statesman
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Wikidata Q3509294, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1586
Wikidata Q3509294, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1586-06-28
Wikidata Q3509294, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1656
Wikidata Q3509294, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1656-12-22
Wikidata Q3509294, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Lindholmen Castle
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