Jacob De la Gardie

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Jacob De la Gardie
Portrait, 1606
Lord High Constable of Sweden
In office 1620–1652
Preceded by	Axel Nilsson Ryning
Succeeded by	Gustaf Horn
Governor of Swedish Estonia
In office 1619–1622
Preceded by	Anders Eriksson Hästehufvud
Succeeded by	Per Gustafsson Banér
1st Governor-General of Swedish Livonia
In office 1622–1628
Succeeded by	Johan Skytte
Personal details
Born	(1583-06-20)20 June 1583 Reval (Tallinn), Swedish Estonia
Died	22 August 1652(1652-08-22) (aged 69) Stockholm, Sweden
Spouse	Ebba Brahe (m. 1618–1652)
Children	14, including Magnus, Maria and Axel
Residence(s)	Makalös Palace, Stockholm Läckö Castle

Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie (20 June 1583 – 22 August 1652) was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire, and a Marshal from 1620 onward.^[1]

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.