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Ebba Brahe

1596 - 1674

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Ebba Magnusdotter Brahe (16 March 1596 – 5 January 1674) was a Swedish countess, landowner, and courtier. She is foremost known for being the love object of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, who wished to marry her prior to his own marriage, a plan which was however never realized. Their love affair, the subject of fiction, has become famous in Swedish romantic history and is documented in their preserved correspondence. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ebba Brahe is the 868th most popular nobleman (down from 756th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 370th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swedish Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Ebba Brahe ranks 868 out of 1,415. Before her are Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Humaira Begum, John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, and Philip I of Namur. After her are Bernhard von Spanheim, Marie Antoinette Murat, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Gyda of Sweden, Eleanor of Prussia, and Anna Sophia of Prussia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Ebba Brahe ranks 21. Before her are Joan Blaeu, Jacob van Campen, Andreas Cellarius, Leonaert Bramer, Jean Bolland, and Thomas de Keyser. After her are Heinrich Scheidemann, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Bertuccio Valier, and Jacobus Golius. Among people deceased in 1674, Ebba Brahe ranks 15. Before her are John Graunt, Leonaert Bramer, Hallgrímur Pétursson, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Mehmed IV Giray, and Matthias Weckmann. After her are Johannes Lingelbach, Kanō Tan'yū, Pieter Boel, Hu Zhengyan, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and Karel Škréta.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ebba Brahe ranks 441 out of 1,879. Before her are Frans G. Bengtsson (1894), Erik Gustaf Boström (1842), Klas Lestander (1931), Arvid Posse (1820), Knut Nordahl (1920), and Carola Häggkvist (1966). After her are Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Björn Nordqvist (1942), Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547), Martin van Meytens (1695), Bernhard Karlgren (1889), and Jenny Nyström (1854).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Sweden

Among noblemen born in Sweden, Ebba Brahe ranks 16. Before her are Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland (1973), Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979), Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (1982), Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1540), Sigrid of Sweden (1566), and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100). After her are Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547), Magnus, Duke of Östergötland (1542), Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland (1852), Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway (1155), Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland (2012), and Prince Oscar, Duke of Skåne (2016).

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