Count Gustav Gustavsson af Vasaborg, 1st Count of Nystad (April 24, 1616 – October 25, 1653) was an illegitimate son of King Gustavus Adolphus (Gustav II Adolf) and his mistress Margareta Slots. [1]
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He entered Swedish military service in the Thirty Years' War in 1633, and was appointed Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück in 1634. He was ennobled with the name af Vasaborg in 1637, as his father was of the House of Vasa. He was created Count of Nystad and introduced in 1647, and received Wildeshausen as his own fief after it had been won by Sweden at the Peace of Westphalia, in 1648.
In 1649 he unsuccessfully sought the position of Lord High Admiral in succession of Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm, an illegitimate son of his grandfather King Charles IX of Sweden. Dissatisfied with the outcome he returned to Germany where he died at Wildeshausen. He lies buried at Riddarholmskyrkan in Stockholm. He was married to Countess Anna Sofia Wied-Runkel (d 1694).
This article is fully or partially based on material from Nordisk familjebok, (1921).
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| New title | Count of Nystad 1st creation 1647–53 |
Succeeded by Gustav Adolf af Vasaborg |
| Preceded by Franz Wilhelm, Count of Wartenberg as Prince-bishop |
Lutheran administrator of Osnabrück 1634–48 |
Succeeded by Franz Wilhelm, Count of Wartenberg as Prince-bishop |