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De la Gardie Jacob Pontusson
(1583—1652)

Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire. He was appointed Privy Councilor in 1613, Governor of the Swedish Estonia between 1619 and 1622, Governor General of Livonia in 1621, and Lord High Constable in 1628. He introduced reforms based on the then novel Dutch military doctrine into... More...

Finland, 1934, Jacob De la Gardie