Axel Julius de la Gardie.
Axel Julius de la Gardie (1637[ 1] –17 May 1710 in Stockholm [ 2] ) was a Swedish Field Marshal and was appointed Governor-General over Estonia from 1687[ 3] to 1704.[ 4]
Axel Julius was the son of military commander Jacob De la Gardie and Ebba Brahe .[ 1] He became colonel of an infantry regiment and the Västgöta cavalry regiment[ 5] and in 1664 he attained the rank of major general in the cavalry, and was a colonel in the Royal Guard .[ 4] In 1668 he became lieutenant general and finally, later, Field Marshal .[ 6]
Upon the threat of war with Russia , he received orders to command the troops in Finland and Ingria and take necessary defensive actions. At the landtag he held in 1676 in Åbo , the government granted the request of new war efforts.
He married Sofia Juliana Arvidsdotter Forbus in 1664.[ 7]
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