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Jacob De la Gardie

1583 - 1652

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Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie (Reval, 20 June 1583 – Stockholm, 22 August 1652) was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire, and a Marshal from 1620 onward. He was Privy Councilor from 1613 onward, Governor of Swedish Estonia in 1619–1622, Governor-General of Livonia in 1622–1628 (conquered by the Swedish Empire in 1621, and referred to as Swedish Livonia in 1629–1721), and Lord High Constable from 1620. He introduced reforms based on the then novel Dutch military doctrine into the Swedish army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob De la Gardie has received more than 109,004 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob De la Gardie is the 3,971st most popular politician (down from 3,422nd in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 14th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Estonian Politician.

Jacob de la Gardie is most famous for his service as a Swedish Field Marshal and Privy Councillor. He was also the Governor of Estonia, Finland, Livonia, and Ingria.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jacob De la Gardie ranks 3,971 out of 15,577. Before him are Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Paul Langerhans, Sumu-la-El, Sun Liang, Julia Avita Mamaea, and Cao Mao. After him are Saloninus, Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark, Emperor Yuan of Jin, Antigonus III Doson, Hypereides, and Eumenes I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1583, Jacob De la Gardie ranks 7. Before him are Hugo Grotius, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Sasaki Kojirō, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Axel Oxenstierna, and Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba. After him are Pieter Lastman, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Orlando Gibbons, Jan Porcellis, Hayashi Razan, and Eleanor of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1652, Jacob De la Gardie ranks 4. Before him are Jusepe de Ribera, Georges de La Tour, and Gregorio Allegri. After him are John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Pietro Della Valle, Inigo Jones, Jan Asselijn, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Jan Dirksz Both, Denis Pétau, and Johann von Werth.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jacob De la Gardie ranks 16 out of 310. Before him are Lennart Meri (1929), Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929), Paul Keres (1916), Arnold Rüütel (1928), Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770), and Paul von Rennenkampf (1854). After him are Felix Kersten (1898), Adolf von Harnack (1851), Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770), Alar Karis (1958), Jakob von Uexküll (1864), and Kersti Kaljulaid (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In Estonia

Among politicians born in Estonia, Jacob De la Gardie ranks 6. Before him are Catherine I of Russia (1684), Alfred Rosenberg (1893), Konstantin Päts (1874), Lennart Meri (1929), and Arnold Rüütel (1928). After him are Felix Kersten (1898), Alar Karis (1958), Kersti Kaljulaid (1969), Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622), Alexander Gorchakov (1798), and Neeme Järvi (1937).

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