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Count Gustav Gustavsson of Vasaborg, 1st Count of Nystad (24 April 1616 – 25 October 1653) was a Swedish noble and military officer.

Biography

He was a son of King

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(''Gustav II Adolf'') and his mistress

Margareta Slots Margareta Slots or Margareta Cabiljau (died 1669) was the royal mistress of king Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and the mother of his illegitimate son Gustav of Vasaborg. Margareta Slots was the daughter of the Dutch merchant Abraham Cabiljau and Mari ...

. In 1626 he was enrolled at

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. In 1633, during the

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, Gustav entered the Swedish military service and the next year was appointed Lutheran Administrator of the

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. In 1637 he was ennobled with the title of

Vasaborg Vasaborg was a noble family of Sweden and a branch of the House of Vasa. Origins King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden had an illegitimate son called Gustav Gustavsson who in 1637 was ennobled under the name of Vasaborg, echoing his father's House ...

, echoing his father's membership of the

House of Vasa The House of Vasa or Wasa Georg Starbäck in ''Berättelser ur Sweriges Medeltid, Tredje Bandet'' pp 264, 275, 278, 291–296 & 321 ( sv, Vasaätten, pl, Wazowie, lt, Vazos) was an early modern royal house founded in 1523 in Sweden. Its memb ...

. In 1647 he was made Count of Nystad in the

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and in 1648 received Wildeshausen in

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as his own fief, after it had been won by Sweden at the

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of that year. He was married to Countess Anna Sofia Wied-Runkel, who long outlived him, dying in 1694. In 1649 Gustav unsuccessfully sought the position of Lord High Admiral in succession to

Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm Baron Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm (4 March 1574 – 17 March 1650) was a Swedish soldier and politician. He was made a baron (''friherre'') in 1615, appointed Field Marshal in 1616, Privy Councilor in 1617, Governor General of Ingria in 1617 an ...

, an illegitimate son of his grandfather King Charles IX. Dissatisfied with the outcome, he returned to Lower Saxony and died there at Wildeshausen. His body was brought back to Sweden for burial at Riddarholmskyrkan in

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Children

# Christina of Vasaborg (16449 September 1709) #Gustav (23 May 164528 January 1646) #Charlotte (d. 24 June 1655) # Gustav Adolphus of Vasaborg (1653–1732) #Sophia (3 May8 August 1654)

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This article is fully or partially based on material from

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, (1921). {{DEFAULTSORT:Gustav Of Vasaborg Gustavsson af Vasaborg, Gustav Gustavsson af Vasaborg, Gustav Vasaborg, Gustav Vasaborg, Gustav Gustavsson af Vasaborg, Gustav 17th-century Swedish people Gustavsson af Vasaborg, Gustav Sons of kings

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