Swedish Ingria
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Swedish Ingria Svenska Ingermanland | |||||||||
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| 1583–1595 1617–1721 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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Gustav II Adolf | |||||||||
• 1720–51 | Frederick I | ||||||||
Governor-General | |||||||||
• 1617– | Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm | ||||||||
• 1659–1673 | Simon Grundel-Helmfelt | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Conquered by Russia | 1708 | ||||||||
• Treaty of Nystad | 30 August 1721 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1644 | 15,000 | ||||||||
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Swedish Ingria (
Ingrians’) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1583 to 1595 and then again from 1617 to 1721 in what is now the territory of Russia. At the latter date, it was ceded to the Russian Empire in the Treaty of Nystad, at the end of the Great Northern War
between the two empires.
History
In 1617
Sestra
(Rajajoki/Systerbäck) river to the northwest.
Ingria had fallen to Sweden in the 1580s, was returned to Russia by the Treaty of Teusina (1595), and again ceded to Sweden in the Treaty of Stolbovo (1617). Sweden's interest in the territory was strategic: as a buffer zone against Russian attacks on the Karelian Isthmus and present-day Finland; and Russian trade was to pass through Swedish territory. In addition, Ingria was used as a destination for Swedish deportees.
Ingria remained sparsely populated. In 1664 the population was counted as 15,000. Swedish attempts to introduce
enfeoffed to noble
military and state officials, who brought their own Lutheran servants and workmen to the area. The indigenous inhabitants of Ingria have always been Finnic with Finnic culture and language.
Swedish Estonia.[1]
In the early 18th century the area was reconquered by
Nyen (Finnish Nevanlinna, meaning Castle of Neva). This territory, close to the Neva river's estuary at the Gulf of Finland, is now part of Leningrad Oblast
, Russia.
Governors-General
- Stadtholder
- Samuel Nilsson till Hässle (1601–1607)
- Filip von Scheiding (1607–1613)
- Evert Karlsson Horn af Kanckas(1613–1615)
- Anders Eriksson Hästehufvud (1615–1617)
- Ingrian Governors (Narva, Ivangorod, Jaama, Koporje and Nöteborg)
- Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm(1617–1620)
- Henrik Klasson Fleming (1620–1622)
- Anders Eriksson Hästehufvud (1622–1626)
- Nils Assersson Mannersköld (1626–1629)
- Heinrich Matthias von Thurn(1629)
- Ingrian and Livonian Governors-General
- Johan Skytte (1629–1634)
- Bengt Bengtsson Oxenstierna(1634–1643)
- Ingrian and county of Kexholm Governors-General
- Erik Carlsson Gyllenstierna (1642–1645)
- Carl Mörner (1645–1651)
- Erik Stenbock (1651–1654)
- Gustaf Evertsson Horn(1654–1657)
- Krister Klasson Horn af Åminne (1657–1659)
- Simon Grundel-Helmfelt (1659–1664)
- Jacob Johan Taube (Kudina mõisast) (1664–1668)
- Simon Grundel-Helmfelt (1668–1673)
- Jacob Johan Taube (1673–1678)
- Gustaf Adam Banér (1678)
- Jacob Johan Taube (1678–1681)
- Ingrian Governors
- Martin Schultz von Ascheraden (1681–1682)
- Hans von Fersen the older (1682–1683)
- Göran von Sperling (1683–1687)
- Ingrian Governors-General
- Göran von Sperling (1687–1691)
- Otto Wilhelm von Fersen (1691–1698)
- Otto Vellingk (1698–1703)
See also
- dominium maris baltici
- Nöteborg Fortress
- Nyenschantz
- Ingria
References
- ^ Kurs, Ott (1994). Ingria: The broken landbridge between Estonia and Finland. GeoJournal 33.1, 107-113.