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Gustaf Otto Stenbock
b.7 Sep 1614
d.24 Sep 1685
  1. Fredrik Gustavsson Stenbock1607 - 1652
  2. Erik Gustafsson Stenbock1612 - 1659
  3. Gustaf Otto Stenbock1614 - 1685
  1. Erich Gustaf Stenbock1662 - 1722
  2. Magnus Stenbock1664 - 1717
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Name Gustaf Otto Stenbock
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Sep 1614
Marriage to Christina Catharine De la Gardie
Death[1] 24 Sep 1685
Reference Number? Q968941?


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Count Gustaf Otto Stenbock (7 September 1614 – 24 September 1685) was a Swedish soldier and politician.

He was son of Friherre Gustav Eriksson Stenbock (1575–1629) and Countess Beata Margareta Brahe (1583–1645), born in Torpa, Länghem parish, Tranemo Municipality, Västergötland, Sweden.

He was appointed commanding officer of the Kronoberg Regiment in 1637, Major General in 1643, Privy Councilor in 1652, Field Marshal in 1656, under the terms of the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658 became Governor General of Scania, Halland and Blekinge, Lord High Admiral in 1664, and Chancellor of Lund University in 1666. He was deposed as admiral by King Charles XI of Sweden in 1675.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Gustaf Otto Stenbock, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.