Name Ake Tott Role Swedish Politician | Children Clas Tott | |
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Died July 15, 1640, Eurajoki, Finland Parents Sigrid of Sweden, Henrik Klasson Tott Grandparents Eric XIV of Sweden, Karin Mansdotter, Clas Akesson Tott Great-grandparents Gustav I of Sweden, Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Ingrid Jakobsdotter, Mans Mansson | ||
Åke Henriksson Tott (or Achatius Tott) (1598–1640) was a Swedish soldier and politician. He was born in Lohja to Princess Sigrid of Sweden. He was appointed Privy Councilor in 1630, and Field Marshal in 1631. In the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), he commanded troops at the Battle of Grubin, in 1627 and the Battle of Breitenfeld, in 1631. King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is said to have called him "the snow plow, who is going to clear the path for the rest". He married Sigrid Bielke (1607–1634), and fathered Clas Åkesson Tott the younger, and Åke Henrik Åkesson Tott.
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