Oxenstierna
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Oxenstierna, an ancient Swedish noble family, the origin of which can be traced up to the middle of the 14th century, which had vast estates in Sudermannia and Uplandia, and began to adopt its armorial designation of Oxenstierna ("Ox-forehead", stierna has the double meaning of "star") as a personal name towards the end of the 16th century. Its most notable members include the following:
- Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna, (1390s-1450), regent of Sweden
- Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna, (1390s-1450s)
- Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, (1417-1467)
- Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, (1583–1654), Powerful chancellor of the Realm, during Sweden's Age of Greatness
- Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, (1587–1640)
- Bengt Oxenstierna (1591–1643), Swedish Privy Councillor, Governor-General of Ingria and Swedish Livonia;
- Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna, (1611–1657)
- Count Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna of Korsholm and Vasa (1623–1702), President of the Royal Swedish Chancellery, Military Governor of Warsaw.
