Per Gustafsson Banér, also known as Peder Gustafsson Banér (28 June 1588 – 13 July 1644) was a

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nobleman and member of the

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. Banér was the son of

Gustaf Banér Gustaf Banér (May 19, 1547 – March 20, 1600) was a Swedish noble, member of the Privy Council of Sweden. Life Gustaf Axelsson Banér was born at Djursholm Castle, the son of the Privy Counselor Axel Nilsson and Margareta Pedersdotter (Bielke). ...

who was one of the noblemen executed in 1600 at the

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, and Kristina Sture, daughter of

Svante Stensson Sture Svante Stensson Sture or Svante Sture the Younger (born 1 May 1517 in Stockholm, d. 24 May 1567 in the Sture Murders at Uppsala Castle) was a Swedish count, riksmarsk and statesman. From 1562 to 1564, during the Livonian War, he was governor of E ...

. He became a '' kammarjunkare'' to

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in 1611, and followed the king on his incursion into

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in 1612. At the Battle of Vittsjö, Banér helped save the king from drowning, and the grateful king made him a

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and conferred on him the estates of Banér's uncle Sten Axelsson Banér, who had also been executed at the Linköping bloodbath. In 1617, when Gustavus Adolphus was crowned, Banér was

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. He married Hebbla Fleming in 1615. Their son

Gustaf Persson Banér Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: * Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short car ...

was born in 1618. Hebbla Fleming died in 1639. From 1622 to 1624, Banér was governor of

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and in 1625 he was made a member of the Privy Council. He was

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for

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and

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from 1627. His estate included

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, which he rebuilt into a Renaissance style castle between 1630 and 1644. Banér served under

Axel Oxenstierna Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre (; 1583–1654), Count of Södermöre, was a Swedish statesman. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a c ...

and acted as Oxenstierna's deputy when the latter assisted Gustavus Adolphus in Germany during the

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. Oxenstierna was however not entirely satisfied with Banér, who was often ill and suffered from bouts of melancholia, and did not act with sufficient force to please his superiors. On 20 June 1644, Banér was suddenly taken ill with a fever, and he died three weeks later, on 13 July. He was buried in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baner, Per Gustafsson Swedish nobility 1588 births 1644 deaths 17th-century Swedish politicians Members of the Privy Council of Sweden People of the Kalmar War