Carl Piper

Swedish statesman

Carl Piper
Count Carl Piper (July 29, 1647, Stockholm – May 29, 1716, Schlüsselburg) was a Swedish statesman. He entered the foreign office after completing his academical course at Uppsala, accompanied Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna on his embassage to Russia in 1673, and attracted the attention of Charles XI during the Scanian War with his extraordinary energy and ability. Life. Carl Piper was the son of Carl Piper and Ingrid Charlotta Ekenbom. On 13 February 1690, he was married to Christina Törne; they had nine children of which only five survived past early childhood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Piper

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