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 Joakim Cronman (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 Rutger von Ascheberg (2 June 1621 – 17 April 1693), also known as Roger von Ascheberg was a Sweden, Swedish soldier born in Courland, an officer and civil servant who served as Lieutenant General in 1670, General in 1674, Swedish Field Mar ...

, Count of Söfdeborg. David then served as the first

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Älvsborg County Älvsborg County () was a county of Sweden until 1997, when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg & Bohus and Skaraborg to form Västra Götaland County. The county corresponded to the traditional province of Dalsland and the central ...

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from 1693 to 1708.

Children

*Friherre

Rutger Macklier Friherre Rutger Maclean I (1688–1748) or Rutger Macklean I was an officer of Charles XII of Sweden who participated in Battle of Holowczyn, Battle of Poltava and Battle of Tobolsk in the Great Northern War. Biography He was the son of David ...

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

Rutger Macklean Rutger Macklean (28 July 1742 – 14 January 1816) also Rutger Macklier II was a Swedish jurist, military officer, politician and land owner. He was a driving figure in the introduction of Swedish agricultural land reforms ('' Enskiftet'') ...

. *Count John Adolphus Maclean 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