Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie made a brilliant career in the service of the crown, acting among others as head of the Treasury, Governor-General of Livonia and President of the Svea Court of Appeal 1680 – 1682. Despite his position and wealth, he was almost completely ruined by the Great Repossession (reduktion) in 1680. Painting by Anna Maria Ehrenstrahl. Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie(1622 – 1686)
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