Johan Oxenstierna

Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre (24 June 1611 – 5 December 1657) was a Count and a Swedish statesman.

The High Well Born

Count Johan Oxenstierna
Marshal of the Realm
In office
1654–1657
President of the Wismar Tribunal
In office
1655–1657
Personal details
Born24 June 1611
Stockholm
Died5 December 1657(1657-12-05) (aged 46)
NationalitySwedish
Spouse(s)Anna Margareta Sture
Margareta Brahe
RelationsAxel Oxenstierna (father)
Anna Bååt (mother)
Kristina Oxenstierna (sister)
Erik Oxenstierna (brother)
OccupationStatesman

Biography

The son of Lord High Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna, he was born in Stockholm. He completed his studies at Uppsala in 1631, and was sent by his father on a grand tour through France, the Netherlands and Great Britain. He served under his brother-in-law Count Gustav Horn af Björneborg in the Thirty Years' War from 1632, and was subsequently employed by his father in various diplomatic missions, though his instructions were always so precise and minute that he was little more than the executor of the Chancellor's wishes. He was one of the commissioners who signed the truce of 1635 with Poland (Armistice of Stuhmsdorf or Treaty of Sztumska Wieś), and in 1639, much against his father's will, was made a Privy Councillor.[1]

Along with Salvius he represented Sweden at the great peace congress of Osnabrück, but as he received his instructions direct from his father, whereas Salvius was in the confidence of Queen Christina, the two "legates" were constantly at variance. From 1650 to 1652 he was Governor General of Swedish Pomerania. King Charles X Gustav made him Marshal of the Realm.[1]

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See also
  • Polish-Swedish War

Notes
  1.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Robert Nisbet Bain (1911). "Oxenstjerna". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Court offices
Preceded by
Adolph John of Pfalz-Zweibrücken		 Marshal of the Realm
1654–1657		 Succeeded by
Gabriel Gabrielsson Oxenstierna
Legal offices
Preceded by
?		 President of the Wismar Tribunal
1655–1657		 Succeeded by
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Titles of nobility
Preceded by
Axel Oxenstierna		 Count of Södermöre
1st creation
1654–1657		 Succeeded by
Axel Eriksson Oxenstierna
Preceded by
Axel Oxenstierna		 Baron of Kimito
1st creation
1652–1657		 Succeeded by
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