Carl Gyllenhielm
Baron Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm (4 March 1574 – 17 March 1650) was a
Governor General of Ingria in 1617 and served as Lord High Admiral
from 1620 until his death.
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Biography
He was an illegitimate son of Duke Carl, later King
Swedish-Polish War (1600-11).[3]
He was captured by the enemy in Poland in 1601 and remained a prisoner of war for twelve years. After attempting to escape, he was forced to wear leg irons for the last six and a half years of his captivity. He was freed in 1613, and shortly after raised to the rank of baron and field marshal by his half-brother, the king. [4]
On 27 February 1617 the
Clas Fleming, and focused his naval efforts on overseeing the navy's finances. In September 1628, he served as the chairman of the tribunal convened to investigate the loss of the new warship Vasa
.
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After the death of Gustavus Adolphus in Germany during 1632, Gyllenhielm was responsible for returning his half-brother's body to Sweden. In the following year, he was appointed to the
Christina of Sweden during her minority, until 1644. He built Karlberg Palace to the northwest of Stockholm and spent his last years there. He died at Karlberg in 1650, and was buried at Strängnäs Cathedral. Karlberg was eventually taken over as an administrative headquarters for the Swedish military, but several of the central reception rooms are preserved as they were in Gyllenhielm's lifetime.[6]
References
- ^ "Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm". Historiesajten. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ Field Marshal Carl Carlsson Gyllenhjelm, royal bastard, 1.Friherre af Bergqvara
- ^ "Julita gård". Nordiska museet. Archived from the original on March 15, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ a b Erik Granstedt. "Karl Karlsson Gyllenhielm". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ Kat Eschner (August 10, 2017). "'Vasa'". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
- ^ "Karlberg". Historiesajten. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
Other sources
- Glete, Jan (2010) Swedish Naval Administration: Resource flows and organizational capacity (Leiden: Brill) ISBN 978-90-47-44151-9
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