Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (5 September 1695 – 7 January 1770) was a Swedish Count and politician and son of architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and...
12 KB (1,341 words) - 12:45, 9 September 2024
Tessin the Elder and the father of Carl Gustaf Tessin, Tessin the Younger was the middle generation of the brief Tessin dynasty, which has had a lasting...
10 KB (1,182 words) - 00:56, 25 April 2024
1694 and 1700 by architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. The building was inherited by Tessin's son Carl Gustaf Tessin who had to sell it in 1755 for financial...
2 KB (138 words) - 11:31, 9 July 2024
was one of the large number of drawings and paintings acquired by Carl Gustaf Tessin during his stay in Paris, but he had to sell it off part of his collection...
2 KB (130 words) - 00:51, 9 June 2024
diplomat Carl Gustaf Nordin (1749–1812), Swedish statesman, historian and ecclesiastic Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695–1770), Swedish politician Karl Gustaf Westman...
3 KB (391 words) - 09:21, 16 August 2024
turned down Tessin's offer of a commission. Carl Hårleman died in 1753, and his work was continued by Carl Johan Cronstedt and Carl Gustaf Tessin who finished...
98 KB (11,665 words) - 16:01, 24 August 2024
Tessin may refer to: Carl Gustaf Tessin, a Swedish Count and politician Nicodemus Tessin the Elder, a Swedish architect Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, a...
1 KB (164 words) - 15:03, 10 February 2024
north of Sweden. The museum's benefactors include King Gustav III and Carl Gustaf Tessin. It was founded in 1792 as Kungliga Museet ("Royal Museum"). The present...
13 KB (1,206 words) - 12:40, 11 September 2024
of Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Hårleman was appointed court intendant and subsequently in 1741, after Tessin's son Carl Gustaf Tessin had been made...
7 KB (697 words) - 17:44, 15 September 2024
Berlin to Swedish Pomerania by the Swedish envoy count Carl Gustaf Tessin, his spouse Ulla Tessin and his wife's niece Charlotta Sparre, who was appointed...
46 KB (5,909 words) - 07:14, 20 September 2024
Gustav III (redirect from Gustaf III)
who were among the most eminent Swedish statesmen of the day: Carl Gustaf Tessin and Carl Fredrik Scheffer. Nonetheless, he perhaps owed most of what shaped...
52 KB (6,305 words) - 16:45, 2 October 2024
reign, he never had anything to do with them himself. When he died, Carl Gustaf Tessin said about him: Under the reign of King Frederick, science has developed...
15 KB (1,347 words) - 10:19, 17 September 2024
Gustaf Duncan (20 November 1711 – 23 April 1771) was a Swedish post official and spy. Between 1743 and 1748, he was active as an agent of Carl Gustaf...
1 KB (94 words) - 01:58, 23 November 2023
Chancellery 1752–61 Privy Council 1746–61, 1773–80 Sweden 13 17 April 1748 Carl Gustaf Tessin Count Lord Marshal 1738 Privy Council 1741–61 President of the Chancellery...
195 KB (118 words) - 16:00, 11 September 2024
parliamentary majority. Carl Gustaf Tessin (1738–1739) Henning Gyllenborg (1751–1752) Axel von Fersen, senior (1755–1756, 1760–1762, 1769–1770) Carl Gyllenborg Hats'...
7 KB (808 words) - 21:05, 22 September 2023
1746 Höpken was created a Privy Councillor. In 1751 he succeeded Carl Gustaf Tessin as President of the Royal Majestys Chancellery, and controlled the...
4 KB (444 words) - 19:30, 15 January 2022
became prominent, funded by the king and other cultural patrons like Carl Gustaf Tessin; the two aforementioned figures laid the base for Sweden's Nationalmuseum...
159 KB (13,933 words) - 13:31, 4 October 2024
castle. Läckö was later granted to Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695–1770) in 1752 and in 1810 to General Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1757–1815). Läckö Castle...
5 KB (499 words) - 09:12, 13 July 2024
portrayed many of the Swedes visiting Paris and befriended Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695–1770)— Swedish ambassador, art collector, and member of the...
6 KB (655 words) - 15:34, 4 August 2024
commissioned in 1748 (completed in 1752-1757) by Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695-1770) and designed by Carl Hårleman. It is a fine example of Rococo manor house...
3 KB (223 words) - 17:00, 1 August 2024
displeasure when Carl Gustaf Tessin was due to be elected to a post, which resulted in public protests which did not quiet down until Tessin had been received...
29 KB (3,761 words) - 17:40, 28 September 2024
(1719) Arvid Horn, Caps (1720, 1726, 1731) Swen Lagerberg, Caps (1723) Carl Gustaf Tessin, Hats (1738–1739) Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg, Caps (1742...
2 KB (272 words) - 02:41, 28 March 2024
Maison, Marshal of France, Minister of War (d. 1840) January 7 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695) January 8 – John Michael Rysbrack, Flemish...
17 KB (1,901 words) - 02:23, 29 September 2024
which found its natural leaders in such men as Count Carl Gyllenborg and Count Carl Gustaf Tessin. These men and their followers were never weary of ridiculing...
19 KB (2,615 words) - 23:17, 7 September 2024
designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger in 1698 and continued by Carl Hårleman, Carl Johan Cronstedt and Carl Gustaf Tessin, is first occupied by the...
4 KB (381 words) - 21:32, 18 June 2024
Once again, Linnaeus found a patron; he became acquainted with Count Carl Gustav Tessin, who helped him get work as a physician at the Admiralty. During this...
123 KB (13,562 words) - 12:54, 30 September 2024
Count Carl Gustaf Tessin, to whom he had turned for a recommendation, had still to become convinced that his talent equaled that of his father, but Carl Hårleman...
13 KB (1,870 words) - 15:13, 19 November 2022
1727 to Count Carl Gustaf Tessin. Because her fortune exceeded that of her spouse, he was by law required to grant her both the Tessin Palace as well...
6 KB (750 words) - 17:56, 5 March 2024
František Václav Míča, Czech conductor and composer (d. 1744) 1695 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (d. 1770) 1722 – Frederick Christian...
56 KB (5,582 words) - 02:47, 25 September 2024
Reason" would produce.[citation needed] The Swedish ambassador, count Carl Gustaf Tessin, a fierce opponent of the king, had written as early as 1760: "Prince...
15 KB (1,651 words) - 02:08, 24 September 2024