page_title: Axel Oxenstierna
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Axel Oxenstierna / Personal life / Family
context_page_description: Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna af Södermöre, Count of Södermöre, was a Swedish statesman. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a confidant of first Gustavus Adolphus and then Queen Christina.
  Oxenstierna is widely considered one of the most influential people in Swedish history. He played an important role during the Thirty Years' War and was appointed Governor-General of occupied Prussia; he is also credited for having laid the foundations of the modern central administrative structure of the State, including the creation of counties.
context_section_description: On 5 June 1608 Axel Oxenstierna married Anna Åkesdotter Bååt, the daughter of nobleman Åke Johansson Bååt and Christina Trolle. The wedding took place at Fiholm Castle, owned by the Oxenstierna family. They had 13 children, of which five survived their childhoods:
  Gustaf (29 March 1609 – 1629), the oldest child, became a chamberlain.
  Johan (born and died 17 June 1610).
  Johan (24 June 1611 – 5 December 1657), named after his deceased brother, became a privy councillor.
  Christina (29 June 1612 – 8 August 1631), married Gustav Horn, Field Marshal and Lord High Constable.
  Catharina (29 June 1612 – 25 June 1661), twin with Christina, married Johan Jespersson Cruus.
  Beata (22 November 1613 – 15 January 1617).
  Barbro (12 February 1615 – 21 June 1617).
  Åke (March 1616 – 1617).
  Son (1617), either stillborn or died immediately after birth.
  Maria (born and died August 1618).
  Gabriel (born and died March 1620).
  Jakob (30 July 1621 – August 1621).
  Erik (13 January 1624 – 23 October 1656), served as a Lord High Chancellor after the death of his father Axel in 1654.
  Axel Oxenstierna's wife Anna died in 1649.
caption: Oxenstiernska Palace
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