Ebba Maria De la Gardie
Ebba Maria De la Gardie (1657–1697) was a Swedish poet and singer.
She was the daughter of count Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie and Beata Elisabet von Königsmarck, the sister of Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie and the cousin of Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck and Maria Aurora Königsmarck.
She was a favorite of the Swedish Queen, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
She was active as a poet at the royal court and was given much attention by her contemporaries.
She participated at the amateur theatre of the royal court encouraged by the queen, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
In the winter of 1683-84, a group of female courtiers performed the Swedish premier of "Iphigénie" by Racine at court.
In the play, Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie acted in the part of "Iphigenie", Amalia Königsmarck as "Achilles", Aurora Königsmarck as "Clitemnestre",
Augusta Wrangel as "Agamemnon", and Ebba Maria De la Gardie as "Eriphile".
This is regarded as a significant event as the first play performed by an all female cast in Sweden, as an introduction of French Classicism in Sweden.
Pontus Brevern-de la Gardie
Pontus Alexander Ludwig Graf Brevern- de la Gardie( Born von Brevern;, tr.) was a Swedish count, Baltic German nobleman, military officer and statesman of German, French and Swedish descent, in the service of the Imperial Russian Army and the commanded the Kharkov and Moscow Military District form 1865 to 1869 and 1879 to 1888 simultaneously.
He was also the chief of staff of the Petersburg Military District from 1862 to 1865.
Hedvig Catharina von Fersen
Hedvig Catharina von Fersen, née De la Gardie( Stockholm, 20 May 1732 – Stockholm, 24 April 1800) was a Swedish noble.
She was the daughter of the General and" riksråd" count Magnus Julius De la Gardie and the political salonist Hedvig Catharina Lilje, and sister of scientist Eva Ekeblad.
Jacob De la Gardie
Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie (Reval, 20 June 1583 – Stockholm, 22 August 1652) was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire, and a Marshal from 1620 onward.
He was Privy Councilor from 1613 onward, Governor of Swedish Estonia in 1619–1622, Governor-General of Livonia in 1622–1628 (conquered by the Swedish Empire in 1621, and referred to as Swedish Livonia in 1629–1721), and Lord High Constable from 1620.
He introduced reforms based on the then novel Dutch military doctrine into the Swedish army.
He commanded the Swedish forces in Russia and against the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
He also served as one of the five regents jointly ruling Sweden during the minority of Queen Christina.
Obata Toramori
He was the father of Obata Masamori.
Axel Wiegandt
Axel Julius Adolfrick Wiegandt( 14 January 1888 – 28 February 1947) was a Swedish long- distance runner.
He competed in the men's 5 miles at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Pontus De la Gardie
Baron Pontus De la Gardie (ca. 1520 – 5 November 1585) was a French nobleman and general in the service of Denmark and Sweden.
He was born Ponce d'Escouperie in Caunes-Minervois (Aude), Languedoc, a son of Jacques Escoperier and X Armengaud.
As a youngster, he wanted to become a priest and was educated in a monastery.
He changed his mind however, and left Languedoc to become a mercenary in the service of Denmark.
De la Gardie was promoted to officer and was in charge of a regiment of mercenaries.
In 1565, during the Northern Seven Years' War, he was captured by Swedish troops at Varberg, and changed allegiance to Sweden.
De la Gardie quickly became a favourite of John III of Sweden and in 1569, after only four years in the Swedish service, he received noble status.
In 1571, he was created a baron and was given Ekholmen Castle.
He was suspected to have taken part in a plot to assassinate John III.
The plot was led by Charles de Mornay, who was in contact with Christina of Denmark and the French ambassador in Copenhagen Charles Dancay.
John III was to be killed during a swords dance performed by Scottish mercenaries at the party which was to be given in October that year before the Scottish mercenaries departure to the Baltic.
After the assassination, the king's brother Duke Charles was to be placed upon the throne.
The plot did not materialize as de Mornay lost his nerve and never gave the sign to the mercenaries to take action.
In September 1574, the plot was revealed and Charles de Mornay was arrested, interrogated and executed.
It was never made clear who participated in the plot.
However, it is noted, that the suspected conspirators Hogenskild Bielke, Gustaf Banér and Pontus De la Gardie, often gathered at meetings in the apartment of Princess Elizabeth of Sweden, meetings where Princess Cecilia of Sweden had also frequently been seen, and the two sisters and their brother Charles were somewhat compromised though they were never accused.
Pontus De la Gardie was himself never put on trial for his suspected involvement in the affair.
After Clas Åkesson Tott's resignation as the supreme commander of the Swedish forces in Finland and Estonia as a consequence of the Siege of Wesenberg (1574) during the Livonian War, de la Gardie took over Tott's office.
De la Gardie's skills combined with the fact that Sweden's enemy Russia had to transfer troops to defend against Polish attacks further south led to considerable military success for Sweden during the following years.
In the fall of 1580, Karelia was conquered.
De la Gardie led his troops over the frozen Gulf of Finland to capture the fortresses of Wesenberg (now Rakvere) and Tolsburg (now Toolse).
In September 1581, Narva was taken after a storming that had been preceded by a massive bombardment.
4,000 soldiers and civilians were killed, pointing out the fact that De la Gardie was not only a skillful warrior, but a cruel and hard commander as well.
De la Gardie and his Swedish troops went on to capture the fortress of Ivangorod and several other fortresses that autumn.
In 1582, the war with Russia was ended and Sweden got to keep the conquests made in Karelia and Ingria, but had to withdraw from Livonia.
De la Gardie was the most renowned military commander in Sweden during the 16th century and has been credited with much of the country's military success in the 1580s.
An example of his ingenuity was the strategy of using zigzag shaped saps during the siege of Narva, a new technique at the time.
De la Gardie drowned in the Narva River and is buried in St Mary's Cathedral of Tallinn.
His tomb chest is made by well-known artist and architect Arent Passer.
Hendrik Munnichhoven
Hendrick Munnichhoven( even Hendrik Munnikhoven, and Münnichhoven), probably born in Utrecht, death in August 1664 in Stockholm, was a Swedish painter.
He was hired in 1650 by Queen Christina of Sweden and was commissioned to paint several portraits.
Munnikhoven was mainly active as a copyist of other artists' works; one of his copies of David Beck's painting of Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie is on display at Gripsholm Castle.
In 1648 he joined the service of Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie in Prague; he accompanied De la Gardie to Leipzig, Riga and Stockholm during the next years.
He performed several portraits of De la Gardie and his relatives.
When Queen Christina abdicated in 1654 he moved to Charles X Gustav of Sweden's services and portraited in the following years the King and Queen Hedvig Eleonora.
In 1660 he moved to Riga, but his stay there was short- lived and he returned to Stockholm, where he died in 1664.
His older sister Barbara Swever took over his paint shop.
Magnus Julius De la Gardie
Magnus Julius De la Gardie (14 April 1668 – 28 April 1741), son of Axel Julius De la Gardie, was a Swedish general and statesman, member of the Swedish Hats Party.
Magnus Julius De la Gardie was born in 1668 in Stockholm.
He started his military career in the French army, where he fought for the French in the War of the Spanish Succession.
After the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709, he became a Swedish Colonel at the Royal Dalarna Regiment, which he led in the Battle of Gadebusch in 1712.
After the successful battle, he was appointed Swedish Major General, and in 1717 he became a Lieutenant General.
After the dramatic death of King Charles XII in 1718, Magnus Julius De la Gardie became a member of the Privy Council of Sweden.
The newly appointed Privy Councillor commissioned architect Joseph Gabriel Destain to design Tullgarn Palace.
In 1719 he was appointed President of the Kommerskollegium, and in 1727 he became a Marshal.
Magnus Julius De la Gardie was a vocal friend of the French kingdom.
When the Riksdag of the Estates was summoned in 1734, he proposed closer ties between Sweden and France.
Inspired by French customs, he arranged political salons, a novelty never heard of in Sweden at the beginning of the 18th century.
It is believed that the Swedish Hats Party was founded at one of these receptions.
He was married to Hedvig Catharina Lilje and became the father of Eva Ekeblad and Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie.
He died in Stockholm in 1741.
Axel Julius De la Gardie
Axel Julius de la Gardie (1637–1710) was a Swedish Field Marshal and was appointed Governor-General over Estonia.
Axel Julius was the son of military commander Jacob De la Gardie and Ebba Brahe.
He became colonel of an infantry regiment and a cavalry regiment and in 1684 he attained the rank of major general in the cavalry, and was a colonel in the Royal Guard.
In 1668 he became lieutenant general and finally, later, Field Marshal.
Upon the threat of war with Russia, he received orders to command the troops in Finland and Ingria and take necessary defensive actions.
At the "landtag" he held in 1676 in Åbo, the government granted the request of new war efforts.
He married Sofia Juliana Arvidsdotter Forbus in 1664

Question: What is the place of birth of Axel Julius De La Gardie's father?
Answer: Reval