His and his father's Coat of Arms was a chevron ('spar') wherefore this family is regarded as one of numerous medieval Scandinavian families retrospectively named Sparre - probably this family was the most prominent of them all.
Louis Sparre | Sparre | Anna Sparre |
The court demanded she be investigated, and Arvid Horn, the queen dowager's priest Molin, Christina Piper, and several ladies-in-waiting Märta Berendes and Beata Sparre formed an alliance with Carl Gyllenstierna and unanimously repeated the demand.
Before news of this action had reached Sparre, he had decided to move his remaining troops north to Brunflo in order block the Norwegians' access to Storsjön.
Born to the noble Gabriel Sparre, captain of the royal regiment of Prince Frederick Adolf of Sweden.