Nils Jönsson (Oxenstierna)
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Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna
RegencyJanuary to June of 1448.
FamilyOxenstierna
Oxenstierna
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 Södermanland and Uppland, and began to adopt its armorial designation of Oxenstierna as a personal name towards the end of the 16th century...


PredecessorChristopher of Bavaria
Christopher of Bavaria
Christopher of Bavaria or Christopher the Bavarian; as king named Christopher ; Danish and Norwegian: Christoffer af/av Bayern; Swedish Kristofer av Bayern was union king of Denmark , Sweden and Norway .-Biography:He was probably born at Neumarkt in...


SuccessorCharles VIII of Sweden
Charles VIII of Sweden
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Date of BirthApproximately 1390s
Date of DeathApproximately 1450s


Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna, (1390s–1450s) was a Swedish
Sweden
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 statesman and co-regent of Sweden, under the Kalmar Union
Kalmar Union
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, from January to June of 1448, together with his brother Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna. Member of the Privy Council of Sweden
Privy Council of Sweden
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 at least 1432. Military governor, or hövitsman, at Borgholm Castle
Borgholm Castle
Borgholm Castle in Borgholm, Sweden, is today only a ruin of the fortress that was first built in the second half of the 12th century and many times rebuilt in later centuries. It is linked to Halltorps estate, somewhat to the south...

 in 1436, Stäket in 1438, and Nyköping Castle
Nyköping Castle
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 in 1442. Dubbed as knight by King Christopher of Bavaria
Christopher of Bavaria
Christopher of Bavaria or Christopher the Bavarian; as king named Christopher ; Danish and Norwegian: Christoffer af/av Bayern; Swedish Kristofer av Bayern was union king of Denmark , Sweden and Norway .-Biography:He was probably born at Neumarkt in...

 following his coronation in 1441.

Nils Jönsson was son of important nobles and landowners: his mother lady Märta Finvidsdotter was the heiress of the Frössvik high-noble family, and his father Jöns Bengtsson was son and one of the heirs of lady Ingeborg Nilsdotter (from family that is called the earliest Sparre in later historiography and genealogy), heiress of Ängsö and Salsta. Jöns Bengtsson inherited Frössvik (in Uppland) from mother and Ängsö (in Västmanland) from father. Nils is credited for having founded the castle of Djursholm
Djursholm
Djursholm is one of four suburban districts in, and the seat of Danderyd Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. Djursholm is included in the multi-municipal Stockholm urban area.-History:...

 in his lands.

From his two earlier marriages, Nils did not succeed to have any surviving heirs. His third wife lady Karin of the gumsehuvud-sture family bore a number of children (of whom, as is usual in Middle Ages, half died sooner or later without marriage and issue). His surviving son Erik did not have children. Three of Nils' daughters married noblemen (two of them sons of the Vasa family, Nils' allies), but only through one of them, Kerstin who married lord Nils of Hjulsta
Hjulsta
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, continues a more permanent issue. Due to such childlessness, a portion of Nils' properties passed ultimately to others than his own descendants, as inheritances through his daughters-in- and sons-in-law.

See also

  • Halltorps
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