Ebba Brahe
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Countess Ebba Brahe (March 16, 1596- January 5, 1674) was a lady-in-waiting in the Swedish court and the mistress of the future king Gustavus Adolphus.
She was born as the daughter of Magnus Brahe and Britta Stensdotter Leijonhuvud.
On June 24, 1618 she married Count Jacob De la Gardie. After her husband's death in 1652 she successfully petitioned Queen Christina of Sweden to found the city of Jakobstad in Finland, named in honour of her late husband.
Her marrige with Jacob produced 14 children, six of which lived to an older age:
- Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie (1622 - 1686) Lord High Chancellor of the Privy Council of Sweden
- Maria Sofia De la Gardie (Jakobsdotter) (1627 - 1694)
- Jakob Kasimir De la Gardie (1629 - 1658)
- Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie (1630 - 1692)
- Christina Catharine de la Gardie (1632 - 1704), married Gustaf Otto Stenbock, mother of Magnus Stenbock
- Axel Julius De la Gardie (1637 - 1710), Field Marshal and Governor-General over Estonia
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