David Makeléer (1646 – 10 November 1708) sometimes written as David Macklier, was the Governor of Älvsborg County, Sweden. He served from 1693 to 1708.

Biography

David was the son of John Hans Makeléer (1604-1666). His mother was Anna Gubbertz (c.1595-1653) sometimes referred to as Anna Quickelberg. Anna was the daughter of Hans Gubbertz (c1570-?) and Maichen Maria von Quickelberg (1582-1646). David Makeléer had the following siblings: Carl Leonard Makeléer (1633-1663); Catharina Makeléer (1637-1709); Anna Makeléer (1638-1646); Lunetta Makeléer (1639-1693) who married

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(c1630-1703), a soldier who died at Neumünde; Gustaf Adolf Makeléer (1641-1706) who was a captain in the Swedish Army who married Sara Carlberg (1647-1701); and Elsa Beata Makeléer (1643-1730). He married Eleonora Elisabet von Ascheberg (1663-1737) in 1679, she was the daughter of Field Marshal Rutger von Ascheberg, Count of Söfdeborg. David then served as the first

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of Älvsborg County,

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from 1693 to 1708.

Children

*Friherre

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(1688-1748) who married baroness Vilhelmina Eleonora Coyet and had as their sons, baron David Macklean, and Friherre

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. *Count

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was general in the army and colonel of the king's life guards.

Ancestors

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Makeleer, David 1646 births 1708 deaths

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County governors of Sweden 17th-century Swedish politicians 18th-century Swedish politicians Swedish people of Scottish descent