Jacob De la Gardie
| Count Jacob De la Gardie | |
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Jacob De la Gardie in 1606
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| Lord High Constable of Sweden | |
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In office 1620–1652 |
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| Preceded by | Axel Nilsson Ryning |
| Succeeded by | Gustaf Horn |
| Governor of Swedish Estonia | |
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In office 1619–1622 |
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| Preceded by | Anders Eriksson Hästehufvud |
| Succeeded by | Per Gustafsson Banér |
| 1st Governor-General of Swedish Livonia | |
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In office 1622–1628 |
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| Succeeded by | Johan Skytte |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 June 1583 Reval (Tallinn), Swedish Estonia |
| Died | 22 August 1652 (aged 69) , Sweden |
| Spouse(s) |
Ebba Brahe (m. 1618–52; his death) |
| Children | 14, including: Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie Maria Sofia De la Gardie Axel Julius De la Gardie |
| Residence |
Makalös Palace, Läckö Castle |
Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie (Reval, 20 June 1583 – , 22 August 1652) was a and a soldier of the Swedish Empire.
He was appointed Privy Councilor in 1613, Governor of Swedish Estonia between 1619 and 1622, Governor General of Livonia in 1622, and Lord High Constable in 1620. He introduced reforms based on the then novel Dutch military doctrine into the Swedish army. He commanded the Swedish forces in Russia and against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He also served as one of the five regents jointly ruling Sweden during the minority of Queen Christina.
Antoine Marie Jacob De la Gardie was born in Reval (today Tallinn), Estonia (then part of the Swedish Empire), as a son of Pontus De la Gardie and Sofia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm, the illegitimate daughter of king John III of Sweden. His mother died giving birth, and his father perished two years later in Narva. Jacob was raised in the Vääksy (Swedish: Växiö) manor, Kangasala, Finland (then part of Sweden proper) by his grandmother Karin Hansdotter, the mistress of king John III.
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