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2 unusual facts about Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna


Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna

During Charles’s absence in Denmark in 1657, Oxenstierna in the most desperate circumstances, tenaciously defended Thorn for ten months, and the terms of capitulation ultimately obtained by him were so advantageous that they were made the basis of the subsequent peace negotiations at Oliva, between Poland and Sweden, when Oxenstierna was one of the chief plenipotentiaries of the Swedish regency.

Bengt Oxenstierna

Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1623-1702), President of the Royal Swedish Chancellery



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