OXENSTIERN, AXEL, COUNT

OXENSTIERN, AXEL, COUNT
   Swedish statesman, favourite minister of Gustavus Adolphus; supported him through the Thirty Years' War, though he disapproved of his engaging in it, and managed the affairs of the State with great ability after his death (1583-1654).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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