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	MAGNUS GABRIEL, COUNT DE LA GARDIE - LoveToKnow Article on MAGNUS GABRIEL, COUNT DE LA GARDIE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		During this period De la Gardie was the ruling spirit of the government and represented the party of warlike adventure as opposed to the party of peace and economy led by Counts Bonde and Brahe (qq.v).
		De la Gardie was treated with relative leniency, but he received permission to retire to his estates for the rest of his life and died there in comparative poverty, a mere shadow of his former magnificent self.
		The earidom became extinct on the death of the latters son, the 2nd earl, without male issue, in 1758, and the barony of Delamere terminated in the person of the 4th baron in 1770; the title was revived in 1821 in the Cholmondeley family.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DE_LA_GARDIE_MAGNUS_GABRIEL_COUNT.htm (2105 words)

	Encyclopedia: Jacob De la Gardie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie of LÃ¤ckÃ¶ (20 June 1583-22 August 1652) was a Swedish statesman and soldier, appointed Privy Councilor in 1613, Governor General of Livonia in 1621, and Lord High Constable in 1628.
		Jacob De la Gardie was born in Reval, or Tallinn, Estonia, as a son of Pontus De la Gardie and Sofia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm.
		De la Gardie captured Moscow in 1610 and large areas in northwestern Russia but was disastrously defeated by Commonwealth hussar cavalry at Battle of Kluszyn in 1610.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Jacob-De-la-Gardie (1885 words)

	Magnus de la Gardie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After a careful education, completed by the usual grand tour, Magnus learned the art of war under Gustav Horn, and during the reign of Christina of Sweden (1644 - 1654), whose prime favourite he became, though the liaison was innocent enough, he was raised to the highest officesin the state and loaded with distinctions.
		During this period De la Gardie was the ruling spirit of thegovernment and represented the party of warlike adventure as opposed to the party of peace and economy led by Counts Gustav Bonde and Per Brahe.
		De la Gardie was treated with relative leniency,but he "received permission to retire to his estates for the rest of his life" and died there in comparative poverty, a mereshadow of his former magnificent self.
	www.therfcc.org /magnus-de-la-gardie-296641.html (572 words)

	DE LA REY - LoveToKnow Article on DE LA REY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the outbreak of the war with Great Britain in 1899 De La Rey was made a general, and he was engaged in the western campaign against Lord Methuen and Lord Roberts.
		The British general was severely wounded in the action, and De La Rey released him at once, being unable to afford him proper medical assistance.
		After the conclusion of peace De La Rey, who had borne a prominent part in the negotiations, visited Europe with the other generals, with the intention of raising funds to enable the Boers to resettle their country.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DE_LA_REY.htm (353 words)

	Who was Count Magnus
		(a) Portrait of Magnus de la Gardie by Matthias Merian (1649).
		Readers of "Count Magnus" who are aware of the historicity of Magnus de la Gardie tend to assume one of two things: either that the former is definitely based on the latter, or conversely that MRJ picked the name from Swedish history pretty much at random.
		The tomb belongs to Pontus de la Gardie (1520-85), the father of Jacob and grandfather of Magnus.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~pardos/ArticleMagnus.html (1724 words)

	Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie : Magnus de la Gardie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Immediately afterwards, De la Gardie was made a Privy Councillor, Govenor General of Saxony during the last stages of the Thirty Years' War, and in 1652, Lord High Treasurer[?], or Riksskattmästare.
		Charles X nevertheless, in his last will, appointed De la Gardie, Riksdrots or Lord Chief Justice[?] and a member of the council of regency which ruled Sweden during the minority of XI of Sweden">Charles XI of Sweden (1660-1672).
		The beginning of this shameful "subsidy policy" was the Treaty of Fontainebleau[?] (1661) of the Northern War, by a secret paragraph of which Sweden, in exchange for a considerable sum of money, undertook to support the French candidate on the first vacancy of the Polish throne.
	www.termsdefined.net /ma/magnus-de-la-gardie.html (838 words)

	Jacob De la Gardie
		Count Jacob De la Gardie of Läckö[?] (1583-1652) was a Swedish statesman, appointed Privy Councilor in 1613, Governor General of Livonia in 1621, and Lord High Constable[?] in 1628.
		Born in Reval, or Tallin, Estonia[?], as a son of Pontus De la Gardie[?] and Sofia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm[?].
		Togeather with Ebba Brahe[?], whom he married in 1618, he had 14 children and among them Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie born in 1622.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ja/Jacob_De_la_Gardie.html (91 words)

	Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie var en av sin samtids mest välkände, och för den delen rike, man. Han föddes 1622 och var son till den kände Jacob de la Gardie.
		Magnus far var alltså Jacob de la Gardie, och hans mor var den för sin samtid kända Ebba Brahe, som under några korta månader under 1610-talet varit målet för Gustav II Adolfs svärmerier.
		Magnus blev riksråd 1647, general över de svenska trupperna i Tyskland 1648, generalguvernör i Livland 1649, överstemarskalk 1651 och rikskattmästare 1652 (vilket var ganska komiskt då han var en av den svenska historiens värsta slösare).
	www.stormaktstiden.com /personligheter/magnus_gabriel.htm (450 words)

	Skatter
		Hon hade inga begrepp om de ekonomiska möjligheterna och proportionerna eller kunskap att befästa stormakten.
		Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie utmålas ofta som drottning Kristinas speciella gunstling.
		I Bohuslän finns en hällristning de kallar Skomakarn där det kanske är folkhumorn som spelar in.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~catshaman/m14skatt/013skatt.htm (5628 words)

	Theses from Stockholm University: 68 - Magnus Gabriel De la Gardies Venngarn
		De la Gardie was Rikskansler, Chancellor of the Realm, a dominating magnate and one of Sweden´s most eager building patrons.
		De la Gardie has left several drafts defining the weekly round of a country life and aiming at an otium, as recommended by Seneca, Cicero and the neo-Stoics.
		Several circumstances indicate that De la Gardie considered this a component of a true statesman´s life and that Venngarn and his other country houses were to serve such a purpose.
	www.diva-portal.org /su/theses/abstract.xsql?dbid=68 (464 words)

	De la Gardie, Magnus Gabriel, Greve -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		War with Denmark and Brandenburg in 1675 discredited De la Gardie's foreign policy, however, and the poor condition of the army brought financial disorders to light.
		The Roman de la Rose (Romance of the Rose) was one of the most popular French poems of the late medieval period of European history.
		One of the masterpieces of French literature, the satirical and somewhat bitter Les Caractères de Théophraste traduits du grec avec les caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle (Characters, or Manners of the Age, with the Characters of Theophrastus [sic]), was written by Jean de La Bruyère.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9029599?&query=charles (866 words)

	Personakt för Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Född 1622
		De la Gardie, Magnus Gabriel 1622-86, rikskansler; greve; son till Jakob Pontusson de la Gardie.
		Magnus Gabriel blev 1680 riksdrots, vilket innebar en reträtt från rikspolitiken.
		Magnus Gabriel och hans hustru Maria Eufrosyne ägde över 1000 skattepliktiga gårdar i Sverige och Östersjöprovinserna.
	www.historiska-personer.nu /min-s/p97f3b055.html (335 words)

	Läckö Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The castle of Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie
		The earldom was inherited in 1652 by Jacob De la Gardie's son Magnus Gabriel, one of the most powerful and richest men in Sweden, receiving taxes from over 1,000 farms in Sweden and Sweden's Baltic possessions.
		Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie headed the regency after the death of Karl X Gustav in 1660 and was also one of Sweden's keenest builders, as can clearly be seen at Läckö.
	www.sfv.se /cms/sfv/engelska/holiday/Lacko_CASTLE.html (776 words)

	3. De la Gardie, Magnus Gabriel (Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon)
		De la G. blef emellertid, när Carl XI 1672 själf tillträdde regeringen, mäktigare än någonsin, enär konungen villigt hörsammade hans råd.
		Af de inre angelägenheterna kände och älskade De la G. företrädesvis dem, som rörde konst och vetenskap, och vården om dessa är ock den vackraste sidan af hans minne.
		De la G. är utan tvifvel den störste gynnare af vetenskap och konst, som någonsin funnits i Sverige.
	www.lysator.liu.se /runeberg/sbh/delagmag.html (855 words)

	Läckö Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Läckö Slott is best known as De la Gardie's magnificent castle/mansion on the shores of Lake Vänern, but it is much older.
		Field marshal Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie was granted the property in 1615.
		Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was only 30 when took over the castle and the county.
	www.lackoslott.se /slottet_eng.asp (411 words)

	Läckö Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The major part of the decorations as shown today were created during Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie's time and exemplifies the transformation from a bishop's fort to a baroque castle.
		A number of artists were involved in the ornamentation of the halls on the third and fourth floor of the castle.
		To bring life to the grand days of the castle during Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie's time the empty halls have been furnished.
	www.lackoslott.se /slottet_interiorer_eng.asp (229 words)

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		The castle was named after Magnus Gabriel’s wife Maria Euphrosyne, the sister of King Karl X. It has been commonly assumed that Jean De la Valle was responsible for the design.
		There are many obvious similarities between Mariedal and other structures designed by De la Valle, in particular the Riddarhuset (House of Knights) in Stockholm, however, there is yet no proof of any connection between the buildings.
		In the morning when Maria awoke and saw that the material was moved, Magnus explained to her that " It has to be the trolls that moved the material here".
	biphome.spray.se /sundbergfamilj/Eng/stor/MARIEDALE.htm (305 words)

	Hällekis Kuriren - Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Magnus Gabriel uppfostrades till en lärd ung man och fick redan i hemmet en omfattande utbildning, 13 år gammal började han vid Uppsala universitet där han snabbt visade prov på stor bildning.
		Magnus Gabriel var ingen begåvad fältherre trots att han hade stora militära ambitioner, krigandet blev alldeles för dyrt och gick inget vidare, han saknade både kallblodighet och beslutsamhet.
		Nu blev Magnus Gabriel allmänt krasslig och fick en släng av malaria, formellt upphöjdes han till riksdrots, vilket i detta sammanhang var en titel utan mening, år 1682 hade greve Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie förlorat all sin forna makt.
	members.fortunecity.se /sjoo/xx010819b.htm (525 words)

	Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie - netlexikon
		Magnus Gabriel Graf de la Gardie (* 15.
		Magnus Gabriel, Sohn des schwedischen Feldmarschalls Jakob de la Gardie und der Ebba Brahe, aus einem ursprünglich languedocschen Geschlecht, das sich im 16.
		Gardie war pracht- und kunstliebend (daher der "schwedische Mäzen" genannt), aber auch verschwenderisch und wankelmütig.
	www.lexikon-definition.de /Magnus-Gabriel-de-la-Gardie.html (397 words)

	Svenska Kyrkan i Tallinn, Estland. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Efter att Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie besökt Kuressaare och på ort och ställe lärt känna förhållandena kom han till insikt att de tessinska planerna var alltför vidlyftiga.
		Här fungerade greve Magnus Gabriel själv som arkitekt och ritade förslag till rådhus, gillehus och fattigstuga.
		Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie hade fallit i onåd hos drottning Kristina som inför sin tronavsägelse 1654 beslöt att återta hela Ösel för att ha det som ett av sina underhållsländer.
	www.svenskakyrkanitallinn.com /leppse18.html (546 words)

	Om lyx och dygd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		De som gick för långt och till exempel klädde sig över vad som var passande löpte risken att fördömas.
		Homén menar att de förfinade sederna och de noggranna reglerna för uppförandet syftade till att bevara den sociala friden i 1600-talets Europa, både i stort och smått: ytterst var det en garant för samhällsordningens stabilitet.
		Och det är den adliga synen på de sistnämnda - de lössläppta och svårkontrollerbara bönderna, huvuddelen av folkets breda massa, det största och det lägsta av stånden - och hur adeln ansåg att relationen mellan hög och låg skulle vara, som kommer att tas upp i nästa kapitel.
	www.peterenglund.com /avhkap4.htm (6491 words)

	French Lutenists and French Lute Music in Sweden
		Laquelle a este tres bien recue de sa maiesté", Voullon participated as a singer in the musical performances during the coronation of queen Christina in 1650 and his stay at the Swedish court lasted until 30 June 1653.
		Later on he was employed by Christoffer, landgrave of Hesse, as he told de la Gardie in another letter c.
		Lionel de la Laurencie suggests that he could be identical with Michel de Béthune, but this is questionable in the light of these facts.
	www.tabulatura.com /FRELUTE.htm (3484 words)

	Uppsala University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He planted the first botanical garden, the one which would eventually be tended by Carl Linnaeus and is kept today as a museum of 18th century botany under the name.
		With the patronage of the university chancellor Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Rudbeck was made full professor in 1660, was elected rector for two terms, despite his youth, and started a revision of the work of the other professors and a building spree with himself as architect.
		His most significant remaining architectural work is the anatomical theatre, which was added to Gustavianum in the 1660s and crowned with the characteristic cupola for which the building is today known.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Uppsala_University (3560 words)

	Elisabeth Belgrano :: Biography
		Count Magnus Gabriel de La Gardie was sent to Paris in 1646 in order to find Queen Christina musicians for her Swedish court.
		In 1656, during the carneval, the "Ballet de La Galanterie de Temps" was performed and Anne, with the Italian singer Signora Anna Bergerotti, sang a dialogue, accompanied by the guitarist Francesco Corbetta, the two de La Barre brothers and 'les petits violons'.
		She performed at the major events at the Court, and in 1661 she was awarded the prestigious and rare title 'fille ordinaire de la chambre du Roy'.
	www.unm.edu /~belgrano/eli/anne.html (1269 words)

	Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		En 1646 le enviaron en el jefe de una misión extraordinaria a Francia, y en su vuelta casó a primo Marie Euphrosyne de la reina de Zweibrücken, que, siendo pero una princesa pobre, benefició grandemente por su boda con el más rico de los magnates suecos.
		Los desastres tempranos de la guerra desafortunada de 1675-1679 fueron atribuidos derecho al descuido, al extravagance, a la dilación y a la incompetencia general de De la Gardie y sus colegas aristocráticos altos.
		Trataron con clemencia relativa, pero él "autorización recibida de retirarse a sus estados para el resto de su vida" y murió a De la Gardie allí en la pobreza comparativa, una sombra mera de su uno mismo magnífico anterior.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ma/Magnus%20Gabriel%20De%20la%20Gardie.htm (527 words)

	Scheffer
		In the typographically superior French edition, Histoire de la Laponie, printed in Paris 1678, the woodcuts were replaced with copperplate engravings which were also made in Paris.
		As Schefferus had never been to Lapland, De la Gardie attended to the matter of making sure that the priests of the northern districts wrote down accounts of the Lapps in their parishes.
		Schefferus had access to the collections of De la Gardie and Antikvitetskollegiet, both of which he treated as his private museums for the study of objects from Lapland.
	www.kb.se /ENG/F1700/Lapland/Lapl_dok.htm (773 words)

	Codex Argenteus - From Ravenna to Uppsala - The wanderings of a Gothic manuscript from the early sixth century - 64th ...
		From Vossius in Holland it was bought by Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, the Swedish Chancellor and Chancellor of Uppsala University.
		De la Gardie donated it to Uppsala University in 1669.
		When De la Gardie bought the manuscript, he did so through the Swedish minister Peter Trotzig here in Amsterdam.
	www.ifla.org /IV/ifla64/050-132e.htm (3052 words)

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