OXENSTIERNA, HENRY [SSNE 4753]

Surname
OXENSTIERNA
First name
HENRY
Nationality
SWEDISH
Social status
NOBILITY

Text source

Although Loomie appears to note that Henry Oxenstierna, the son of the Swedish regent Axel Oxenstierna, was in London in 1634, most Swedish sources only refer to Johan Axelsson Oxenstierna as the Swedish agent at the Stuart court in 1634. His mission, to obtain British levies for the Swedish army, was ultimately unsuccessful

A.Grosjean, "Scots and the Swedish state: Diplomacy, Military Service and Ennoblement 1611-1660", unpublished thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1998, p.87; A. J. Loomie (ed.), Ceremonies of Charles I, The Notebooks of John Finet 1628-1641 (New York, 1987), p.317; A. J. Loomie, 'The Spanish faction at the court of Charles 1, 1630-8' in Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 59, no.139, (May 1986), pp.37-49.

Service record

SWEDEN, STUART COURT
Arrived 1633-02-01
Departed 1633-03-31
Capacity AGENT, purpose DIPLOMACY
 
Arrived 1634-03-01
Departed 1634-05-30
Capacity AMBASSADOR, purpose DIPLOMACY