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Gustaf Banér
Gustaf Banér (May 19, 1547 – March 20, 1600) was a Swedish nobleman who served as a member of the Privy Council of Sweden. Life Gustaf Axelsson Banér was born at Djursholm Castle, the son of the Privy Counselor Axel Nilsson Banér and Margareta Pedersdotter Bielke. Gustaf Banér studied at the University of Rostock, took part in the insurgency against King Eric XIV of Sweden, Eric XIV and was appointed as a member of the Privy Council in 1569 by King John III of Sweden, John III. He was implicated in the Mornay plot but not investigated for it. He remained favoured by John III for a long time and was entrusted with several diplomatic missions, such as the 1587 royal election in Poland, in which John III's son Sigismund III Vasa, Sigismund III was elected king. He was a stadtholder in Tallinn, Reval between 1588 and 1590, where there was a meeting in 1589 during which there was a rupture between Banér and the members of the Privy Council on the one side and John III on the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privy Council Of Sweden
The Council of the Realm, or simply The Council ( or : sometimes in ), was a cabinet of medieval origin, consisting of magnates () which advised, and at times co-ruled with, the King of Sweden. The 1634 Instrument of Government, Sweden's first written constitution in the modern sense, stipulated that the King must have a council, but he was free to choose whomever he might find suitable for the job, as long as they were of Swedish birth. At the introduction of absolutism, Charles XI had the equivalent organ named as Royal Council (). In the Age of Liberty, the medieval name was reused. After the bloodless revolution of Gustav III, the Council was abolished in 1789 by the Union and Security Act. The 1809 Instrument of Government, created a Council of State, also known as the King in Council () which became the constitutionally mandated cabinet where the King had to make all state decisions in the presence of his cabinet ministers (). Throughout the 19th century and reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |