The Lord High Constable was a prominent and influential office in Sweden, from the 13th century until 1676, excluding periods when the office was out of use. The office holder was a member of the Swed
Karl Knutsson Bonde - Lord High Constable 1435-?.
Carl Gustaf Wrangel - Lord High Constable 1664–1676.
Lars Siggesson Sparre - Lord High Constable 1523–1554.
Svante Nilsson Sture the Younger - Lord High Constable 1561–1564.
Jacob De la Gardie
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Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire, and a Marshal from 1620 until his death.
Lord High Constable of Sweden
…following rulers John III and Sigismund, but those intentions remained unfulfilled. The title meant no particular assignment until 1630, when constable Jacob De la Gardie became president of the Council of War (Swedish: first Krigsrätten, later Krigsrådet and the War College). The Lord High Constable was second in rank…
Portrait, 1606
Jacob De la Gardie
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