Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (died 1686)

Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie

Swedish statesman and military man

Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1647 and came to be the holder of three of the five offices counted as the Great Officers of the Realm, namely Lord High Treasurer, Lord High Chancellor…