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Livonia was a dominion of Sweden from the 1620s until 1721. Swedish Livonia, which constituted the southern part of Estonia and nortern part of Latvia, represented the conquest of nearly all of what was Polish Livonia and was completed by 1629. Even if Livonia and the city of Riga was under Swedish control the territory was not formally ceded until the Treaty of Oliva in 1660, where the minor part retained by the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was renamed Inflantia.1 Governors-General
The dominion was ruled by appointed Governors-General, but retained its own diet.
- Jacob De la GardieCount Jacob De la Gardie of Lacko ( 1583- 1652) was a Swedish statesman, appointed Privy Councilor in 1613, Governor General of Livonia in 1621, and Lord High Constable in 1628. Born in Reval, or Tallin, Estonia, as a son of Pontus De la Gardie and Sofia ( 1622Events January 1 In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. February 8 King James I of England disbands the English Parliament. March 22 In the Jamestown massacre, Algonquian Indians kill 347 Englis- 1628Events March 1 writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date August 10 The Swedish 64 gun sailing ship HMS Wasa sinks on her maiden voyage September 6 Puritans se)
- Bengt Oxenstierna ( 1634Events Moses Amyraut's Traite de la predestination is published Curacao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Academie francaise The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden-1643)
- Herman WrangelHerman Wrangel (1584 or 1587- 1643) was a Swedish soldier and politician of Baltic German extraction. He was appointed Field Marshal in 1621, Privy Councillor in 1630, and Governor General of Livonia in 1643. He was also the father of Carl Gustaf Wrangel. ( 1643Events January 21 Abel Tasman discovers Tonga May 14 Four year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. May 19 Battle of Rocroi: French victory over the Spanish at Rocroi, France. July 13 English Civil War: Battle of- )
- Gustaf HornGustaf Horn. Count Gustaf Horn ( October 22, 1592 May 10, 1657) was a Swedish soldier and politician, appointed Privy Councilor in 1625, Field Marshal in 1628, Governor General of Livonia in 1652 and Lord High Constable in 1653. In the Thirty Years' War ( ( 1652- )
- Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie ( 1655- )
- Axel Lillie ( 1661- )
Sweden in turn ceded Livonia to Russia at the Treaty of Nystad in 1721.
2 See also
Livonia
