Discover military personnel, politician, ambassador Nils Bielke

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: Bielke af Åkerö, Nils
Bielke, Nils (graaf)

Qualifications: military personnel, politician, ambassador, painting collector, book collector

Nationality/school: Swedish

Born: Stockholm (city) 1644-02-07

Deceased: Stockholm (city) 1716-11-26

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: son of Ture Nilsson Bielke, Baron of Salestad (died 1648), and Baroness Kristina Anna Banér. Married Countess Eva Horn Björneborg (1653-1740), father of Carl Gustav Bielke (1683-1754)

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Parijs 1661 - 1662
In 1661-62 he accompanied Clas Thott on an embassy to France and then devoted himself to court service for a few years.
Stockholm (stad) 1673 - 1678
At the age of twenty-nine, he was appointed colonel of the Life Regiment on horseback, distinguished himself in Carl XI's Danish campaign, was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1678
Parijs 1679 - 1682
sent as ambassador to France 1679-1682 and 1684-1687
Duitsland 1685 - 1686
in 1685 entered the service of the German emperor Leopold I. He was promoted to General and Count in 1686 after participating with distinction against the Turks.
Stockholm (stad) 1687 - 1716
Recalled to his homeland, he was appointed in a single year in 1687 to the royal council, governor-general of of Swedish Estonia (1687) and Swedish-Pommerania (1687-1698); general of all cavalry and infantry, and count. As governor of Pomerania he achieved great merit. Nevertheless, during the last years of Carl XI's reign, his courtly favor was very shaky and finally fell into complete disgrace. After Carl XII's accession to the government, he was indicted for several abuses of power, such as having deliberately disobeyed the king's commandments and orders, to have directed himself by the depreciation of coins, etc., for all of which he was condemned As a result of this, he lost his position in 1698 and after a long legal process, he was sentenced to death in 1705. He was, however, pardoned and in 1715, he was redeemed.

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Project: Gerson Digital : Sweden

External links: Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon (accessed September 2023)

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Creation date: 2014-08-12; Last modified date: 2023-09-20

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