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Tosterup Castle
Tosterup Castle ( sv, Tosterups slott) is a castle in Tomelilla Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. It is situated approximately north-east of Ystad. Owners List of owners of Tosterup Castle: *Early 1300s – Axel Eskildsen Mule *1300s – His daughter Barbara's husband Torkild Nielsen Brahe :::Anders Jacobsen Grim :::Dennes son Jens Andersen Grim :::Peder Torkildsen Brahe :::Their son Axel Pedersen Brahe :::His son Peder Axelsen Brahe *1441–1487 – His son Axel Pedersen Brahe, married to Maren Tygesdatter Lunge *1487–1523 – Their son Tyge Axelsen Brahe, married first time to Magdalene Krognos, second time to Sophie Rud *1523–1565 – His son Jörgen Tygesen Brahe, married to Inger Oxe *1565–1571 – His brother Otte Tygesen Brahe, married to Beate Bille *1571–1601 – Their son Jörgen Ottesen Brahe, married to Ingeborg Parsberg *1601–1611 – Their son Tönne Jörgensen Brahe *1611–1615 – His uncle Knud Ottesen Brahe, married to Margrete Eriksdatter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomelilla Municipality
Tomelilla Municipality (''Tomelilla kommun'') is a municipality in Skåne County in southern Sweden. Its seat is located in the town Tomelilla. The municipality was formed through a series of amalgamations taking place in 1952, 1969 and 1971. The number of pre-1952 units making up the present municipality is twenty. Geography Tomelilla Municipality is located in the south-eastern plains of Scania known as Österlen, which is an area notable for its beauty, and thus popular among painters as well as covered with summer cottages, country mansions, and so on. Localities There were seven localities in the municipality in 2018. Notability Tomelilla Municipality was made famous by Tage Danielsson (1928–1985) and Hans Alfredsson (1931-), who directed and acted in numerous movies that were filmed in and around the town of Tomelilla: * The Apple War (1972) * Ägget är löst (1975) * Picassos äventyr (1978) * Den enfaldige mördaren (1982) * P&B (1983) * Jim & piraterna B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margareta Von Ascheberg
Margareta von Ascheberg (9 July 1671 – 26 October 1753) was a Swedish land owner, noble and acting regiment colonel during the Great Northern War. Early life and marriage Margareta von Ascheberg was the youngest child of Field Marshal Rutger von Ascheberg and Magdalena Eleonora Busseck. On 26 January 1691, she married colonel count Kjell Christopher Barnekow (d. 1700) in Malmö. As was the custom of the Swedish nobility as that time, she kept her name after marriage and style herself »Grevinnan Ascheberg» (Countess Ascheberg). The couple had four children. She accompanied her spouse on his military commissions: she gave birth to their youngest sons during the Bombardment of Brussels in 1695. At the outbreak of the Great Northern War, Kjell Christopher Barnekow was called to Sweden and appointed colonel of the Scanian dragoons, which he undertook to equip himself. However, he died very suddenly and unexpectedly of a fever 19 December 1700 before he had the time to fulfill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl August Ehrensvärd (1892–1974)
General Count Carl August Ehrensvärd (3August 1892 – 24April 1974) was a Swedish Army officer. He was born in Karlskrona, and was son of the admiral and Minister for Naval Affairs, Carl August Ehrensvärd. Ehrensvärd left the Swedish Army in 1918 and joined the Finnish Army and saw action during the Finnish Civil War. Ehrensvärd rejoined the Swedish Army the same year and served until 1940 when he became general Ernst Linder's Chief of Staff during the Winter War as part of the Swedish Volunteer Corps. Back again in the Swedish Army, Ehrensvärd held positions such as Chief of the Defence Staff and Chief of the Army. He retired in 1957. Early life and family Ehrensvärd was born on 3 August 1892 in Karlskrona, Sweden, the son of Admiral, Count Carl August Ehrensvärd (1858–1944) and Baroness Lovisa Ulrika (''Ulla''), née Thott. He was the brother of Vice Admiral Gösta Ehrensvärd (1885–1973) and Deputy Director of the Ministry of Defence Augustin Ehrensvär ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin Ehrensvärd (1887–1968)
Count Augustin Ehrensvärd (28 June 1887 – 10 May 1968) was a Swedish nobleman and civil servant. Career Ehrensvärd was born in Karlskrona, Sweden, the son of admiral, count Carl August Ehrensvärd (1858–1944) and his wife baroness Lovisa Ulrika "Ulla" (née Thott). He was the brother of general Carl August Ehrensvärd (1892–1974) and vice admiral Gösta Ehrensvärd (1885–1973). Augustin Ehrensvärd, was, according to his brother the general, in fact the most talented of the three brothers. His great-grandfather was the fortress builder Augustin Ehrensvärd, his uncle was Albert Ehrensvärd and his cousin was Archibald Douglas. He passed '' mogenhetsexamen'' in 1904 and received a theology candidate degree in 1912 before graduated with an administrative degree (''kansliexamen'') in Uppsala in 1914. Ehrensvärd was assistant in the Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs in 1914 and in the ''Universitetskanslersexpeditionen'' from 1916 to 1917. He was secretary, expert and ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl August Ehrensvärd (1858–1944)
Count Carl August Ehrensvärd (16 September 1858 – 16 February 1944) was a Swedish Navy admiral, politician and Minister for Naval Affairs 1907–1911. Early life Ehrensvärd was born on 16 September 1858 at Tosterup Castle, Tomelilla Municipality, Sweden, the son of County Governor Albert Ehrensvärd and his wife Ingeborg Hedvig Vogt (from Norway). He had fours siblings; Albert Ehrensvärd (1867–1940), Henriette Eleonore Ingeborg Ehrensvärd (born 1853), Anna Louise Dorotée (born 1855) and Augustine Sofia Amalia (1862–1944). Career He became ''underlöjtnant'' in the Swedish Navy in 1878 and lieutenant (''kapten'') in 1889. Ehrensvärd was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1900 and to commander in 1903. He was head of the Military Office of the Ministry for Naval Affairs from 1904 to 1906 and he was promoted to captain in 1905. Ehrensvärd was chief of the shipyard in Karlskrona in 1906 and Council of State (''statsråd'') and head of the Ministry for Naval Affairs fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Ehrensvärd (1821–1901)
Johan Jakob Albert Ehrensvärd (9 May 1867 – 6 March 1940) was a Swedish diplomat. He was Sweden's envoy to Washington D.C between 1910 and 1911. He became Sweden's Foreign Minister in Liberal leader and Prime Minister Karl Staaff Karl Albert Staaff (21 January 1860 – 4 October 1915) was a Swedish liberal politician and lawyer. He was chairman of the Liberal Coalition Party (1907–1915) and served twice as Prime Minister of Sweden (1905–1906 and 1911–1914). Staaff ...'s Second Cabinet. As Foreign Minister of Sweden he instituted reforms in the Swedish Foreign Service and worked to ease tensed relations with Czarist Russia. 1867 births 1940 deaths Swedish Ministers for Foreign Affairs Governors of Gothenburg and Bohus County Ambassadors of Sweden to the United States Ambassadors of Sweden to France Ambassadors of Sweden to Belgium Ambassadors of Sweden to the Netherlands Ambassadors of Sweden to Switzerland People from Gothenburg {{Sweden-bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl August Ehrensvärd
Count Carl August Ehrensvärd (5 May 1745 – 21 May 1800) was a Swedish naval officer, painter, author, and neo-classical architect. Ehrensvärd was born in Stockholm, and died in Örebro. Though active as a naval officer during his entire life, he is mostly remembered for the burlesque caricatures of often famous people from his era with which he decorated his letters. Some of his writings were published by Svenska Vitterhetssamfundet. In 1790, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. See also * Johan Tobias Sergel * Carl Michael Bellman Carl Michael Bellman (; 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well ... References External links * Swedish architects Swedish male writers Swedish nobility Swedish admirals Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Sparre Af Söfdeborg
Johan Sparre af Söfdeborg (10 January 1715, Karlskrona - 3 March 1791, Tosterup Tosterup Castle ( sv, Tosterups slott) is a castle in Tomelilla Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden. It is situated approximately north-east of Ystad. Owners List of owners of Tosterup Castle: *Early 1300s – Axel Eskildsen Mule *1300s â ...) was a Swedish count and general. 1715 births 1791 deaths Swedish nobility Swedish generals {{Sweden-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Ruuth
Eric Ruuth (24 October 1746 – 25 May 1820) was a Swedish nobleman and the owner of Marsvinsholm Castle. He served as the Governor-General of Swedish Pomerania from 1792 to 1796. With his coal mine he started the company that would eventually become Höganäs AB. Biography He was born on 24 October 1746 to Gustaf Ruuth of Finland (1697–1757) and Baroness Ebba Christina Siöbladh. She was the daughter of Baron Carl Georg Siöblad, Lord of Marsvinsholm and Countess Beata Elisabeth Stenbock. From 1782 to 1786 he made extensive renovations at Marsvinsholm Castle. In 1786 he invited a Swiss cheesemaker to Marsvinsholm Castle. A few years later, Swiss style cheese were being produced in Sweden. He served as the Governor-General of Swedish Pomerania from 1792 to 1796. He was made a Swedish count in 1792. He died on 25 May 1820. See also *Hunnestad Monument The Hunnestad Monument ( sv, Hunnestadsmonumentet), listed as DR 282 through 286 in the Rundata catalog, was once locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutger Von Ascheberg
Count Rutger von Ascheberg (2 June 1621 – 17 April 1693), also known as Roger von Ascheberg was a soldier, officer and civil servant in Swedish service, being appointed Lieutenant General in 1670, General in 1674, Field Marshal in 1678, Governor General of the Scanian provinces, in 1680, and Royal Councilor in 1681. Biography Ascheberg was born on the estate Berbonen (Perbohnen) in Courland (today part of Latvia) on 2 June 1621. He was of an old Westphalian family that had emigrated to Courland in the 16th century. His parents were Wilhelm von Ascheberg and Margaretha von der Osten. Thirty Years' War At the age of 13 he served as page for Colonel Brink of the Swedish army fighting in the Thirty Years' War in Germany. He was present at a number of major battles, including the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634. In 1639 he left the army for studies in France. At the age of 19 he was drafted to a Hessian cavalry regiment in Swedish service. He distinguished himself at the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beate Clausdatter Bille
Beate Clausdatter Bille (30 April 1526 – 18 October 1605) was a Danish noblewoman, a member of the royal court, Chief Lady-in-Waiting ( da, Hofmesterinde, corresponding to Mistress of the Robes in the UK) to Queen Sophie from 1584 to 1592, the wife of statesman Otte Brahe, and a feudal fiefholder in her own right following the death of her husband. She succeeded her sister-in-law Inger Oxe, who held the office from 1572 to 1584, as chief lady-in-waiting to Queen Sophie. Beate Bille was the mother of astronomers Tycho Brahe and Sophia Brahe. Biography Born at Skarhult Castle into the powerful and ancient noble Bille family, at 18 years old she married Otte Brahe of Knutstorp Castle ( da, Knudstrup borg, link=no), a member of the equally powerful noble Brahe family. Otte Brahe was a member of the (Privy Council), as were two of their sons, Steen and Axel Brahe. Her husband held substantial fiefdoms. After his death in 1571, Beate Bille kept the fiefdom of Froste in Scania and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
