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Carl Gustaf Tessin.
Swedish count, politician and art collector (1695-1770)
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About Carl Gustaf Tessin
Count Carl Gustaf Tessin was a Swedish count and politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock. He was one of the most brilliant personages of his day, and the most prominent representative of French culture in Sweden. He was also often considered a fine orator.
Everything about Carl Gustaf Tessin →- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, writer, art collector
- Position held
- ambassador of Sweden to Austria, Lord Marshal (Sweden), member of the Riksdag of the Estates, ambassador of Sweden to France
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Born
- September 5, 1695
- Died
- January 7, 1770