Gustaf Banér (May 19, 1547 – March 20, 1600) was a Swedish noble, member of the Privy Council of Sweden.

Life

Gustaf Axelsson Banér was born at Djursholm Castle, the son of the Privy Counselor Axel Nilsson and Margareta Pedersdotter (Bielke). Gustaf Banér studied at the

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, took part in the insurgence against King

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and he was appointed member of the Privy Council in 1569 by King John III. He was implicated in the Mornay plot, but not investigated for it. He remained favoured by King John for a long time and was entrusted with several diplomatic missions, such as the royal election in

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, in 1587, when King John's son

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was elected.''Gustaf Axelsson Banér'' (Bild på svenska)
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in Reval between 1588 and 1590, where there was a meeting in 1589 during which there was a rupture between Banér and the members of the privy council on the one side and King John III on the other. In 1592, when Sigismund III