Count Gustav Gustavsson of Vasaborg, 1st Count of Nystad (24 April 1616 – 25 October 1653) was a Swedish noble and military officer.

Biography

He was a son of King

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(''Gustav II Adolf'') and his mistress Margareta Slots. In 1626 he was enrolled at

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. In 1633, during the

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, Gustav entered the Swedish military service and the next year was appointed Lutheran Administrator of the

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. In 1637 he was ennobled with the title of Vasaborg, echoing his father's membership of the

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. In 1647 he was made Count of Nystad in the

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and in 1648 received Wildeshausen in

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as his own fief, after it had been won by Sweden at the

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of that year. He was married to Countess Anna Sofia Wied-Runkel, who long outlived him, dying in 1694. In 1649 Gustav unsuccessfully sought the position of Lord High Admiral in succession to Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm, an illegitimate son of his grandfather King Charles IX. Dissatisfied with the outcome, he returned to Lower Saxony and died there at Wildeshausen. His body was brought back to Sweden for burial at

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Children

# Christina of Vasaborg (16449 September 1709) # Gustav (23 May 164528 January 1646) # Charlotte (d. 24 June 1655) # Gustav Adolphus of Vasaborg (1653–1732) # Sophia (3 May8 August 1654)

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, (1921). {{DEFAULTSORT:Gustav Of Vasaborg Gustavsson af Vasaborg, Gustav Gustavsson af Vasaborg, Gustav Vasaborg, Gustav Vasaborg, Gustav Gustavsson af Vasaborg, Gustav 17th-century Swedish military personnel Gustavsson af Vasaborg, Gustav Sons of kings

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