Carl Piper
His Excellency, Count Carl Piper | |
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State Secretary | |
| In office 14 March 1689 – October 1705 | |
| Monarch | Charles XI |
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| Born | 29 July 1647 Schlüsselburg, Russia |
| Spouse(s) | Christina Törne (m. 13 February 1690) |
| Children | 8 |
| Parent(s) | Carl Piper Ingrid Charlotta Ekenbom |
Life
In 1679, he was appointed secretary to the board of trade and ennobled. In 1689, he was made one of the secretaries of state, and Charles XI recommended him on his deathbed to his son and successor, Charles XII. Piper became the most confidential of the new sovereign's ministers. In 1697 he was made a senator and set over domestic affairs while still retaining his position as state-secretary.[1]
In 1698, he was made a count. In 1702 he was appointed chancellor of Uppsala University, and during the first half of the Great Northern War, as the chief of Charles' perambulating chancellery. It was his misfortune, however, to be obliged to support a system which was not his own.[1]
He belonged to the school of
Carl Piper was the son of Carl Piper and Ingrid Charlotta Ekenbom and was married to Christina Törne.
Notes
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Piper, Carl, Count". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 634–635. Endnotes:
- See W. L. Svedelius, Count Carl Piper (Stockholm, 1869).
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