OXENSTIERNA, GABRIEL [SSNE 5394]

Surname

OXENSTIERNA

First name

GABRIEL

Title/rank

AMBASSADOR

Nationality

SWEDISH

Text source

In 1625 King Gustav II Adolf sent the Riksråd (councillor of the realm) Gabriel Oxenstierna (brother of Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna) to King Charles I of Great Britain as an ambassador.

Sources: Riksarkivet, Anglica 5, James Spens to Axel Oxenstierna, 18 September 1625; Riksarkivet, Anglica 5, Nicolaus Sternschildt to James Spens, 6 November 1625; J.H. Schroder, Om Riks-Radet Frih. Christer Bondes Ambassad till England 1655 (Uppsala, 1851), p.1.

Service record

SWEDEN, STUART COURT

Arrived 1625-01-01

Departed 1625-12-31

Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY