Gustav Horn, Count of Pori
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Count Gustaf Horn (October 22, 1592 - May 10, 1657) was a Finnish soldier and politician.
He was born of the Finnish (then part of Sweden) noble family Horn of Kankas, and was appointed member of the Royal Council in 1625, Field Marshal in 1628, Governor General of Livonia in 1652 and Lord High Constable in 1653. In the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648), he was instrumental as a commander in securing victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld, in 1631. In 1651, queen Christina created Gustav Count of Björneborg.
He married Kristina Oxenstierna (1609-1631), daughter of Count Axel Oxenstierna, the Chancellor, in 1628, and fathered countess Agneta Horn (1629-1672), his heiress, who married baron Lars Cruus of Gudhem, Lord of Harviala.
In 1643 he married his second wife Sigrid Bielke (born 1620), and fathered two more daughters: Eva Gustafsdotter and Hedvig Lovisa.
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