For the Swedish nobleman and diplomat, see Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper.
His Excellency, Count
Carl Piper
Portrait by David Kock, after an original painting by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl.
Marshal of the Realm
In office October 1705 – 29 May 1716
Monarch
Charles XII
Preceded by
Johan Gabriel Stenbock
Succeeded by
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger
Chancellor of Uppsala University
In office 29 August 1702 – 29 May 1716
Monarch
Charles XII
Preceded by
Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna
Succeeded by
Arvid Horn
Royal Councilor and Minister
In office 31 December 1697 – 29 May 1716
Monarch
Charles XII
State Secretary
In office 14 March 1689 – October 1705
Monarch
Charles XI
Personal details
Born
(1647-07-29)29 July 1647 Stockholm, Sweden
Died
29 May 1716(1716-05-29) (aged 68) Schlüsselburg, Russia
Spouse(s)
Christina Törne (m. 13 February 1690)
Children
8
Parent(s)
Carl Piper Ingrid Charlotta Ekenbom
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 by his extraordinary energy and ability.[1]
Count CarlPiper (July 29, 1647, Stockholm – May 29, 1716, Schlüsselburg) was a Swedish statesman. He entered the foreign office after completing his academical...
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: der Rattenfänger von Hameln, also known as the Pan Piper or the Rat-Catcher of Hamelin) is the title character of a...
1704 by CarlPiper as a dower for his spouse Christina Piper. It was designed by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger. After the death of Christina Piper in 1752...
and military count CarlPiper. During the tenure of her spouse in office, she played a considerable political role. Christina Piper became known in history...
Swedish politics to CarlPiper, and Magdalena Stenbock to Christina Piper, which was reportedly taken as an insult by them, as the Pipers were only newly...
from red Main sandstone, decorated with statues of Johannes Boese, CarlPiper and Carl Begas. Construction started in 1888 and was completed in 1891. The...
Christina och CarlPiper: en biografi [Christina and CarlPiper: a biography], Historiska media, Lund, 2010 (Swedish) "Christina Piper". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt...
reference Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward's The Washington Post article "Bug Suspect Got Campaign Funds" (August 1, 1972), which reports that Piper's friend...
famous Axel von Fersen the Younger as well as Sophie Piper, who was married to her brother CarlPiper. Their children: Axel von Fersen (1798–1839), Fabian...
cannon to breach the fortifications, Rehnskiöld consulted with Charles, CarlPiper and Lewenhaupt on whether or not to proceed with the assault.: 91 By...
his military career as a simple cavalryman, later promoted to corporal. CarlPiper urged Charles to promote the count to cornet, but the king refused, declaring...
had been impoverished during the war. In 1704, the castle was sold to CarlPiper (1647–1716) and its name was changed to the more Swedish-sounding 'Krageholm'...
Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna in the 1680s and 1690s, and Christina Piper and CarlPiper in the 1700s: that of a married couple acting as political colleagues...
Count Carl Edward Vilhelm Piper (28 January 1820 – 25 September 1891) was a Swedish nobleman and diplomat. In the beginning of his career he worked in...
rank of Major-General and marrying a daughter of the prominent statesman CarlPiper. He was ennobled in 1720 as Baron Sture, thus establishing a new Sture...
The betel, Piper betle, is a species of flowering plant in the pepper family Piperaceae, native to Southeast Asia. It is an evergreen, dioecious vine...
Countess Eva Sophie Piper, née Eva Sophie von Fersen (30 March 1757 – 2 February 1816, Löfstad Slott), was a Swedish countess and lady in waiting. She...
– Luise Marie of the Palatinate, German princess (d. 1679) July 29 – CarlPiper, Swedish politician (d. 1716) August 4 – Giovanni II Cornaro, Venetian...
Piper auritum is an aromatic culinary herb in the pepper family Piperaceae, which grows in tropical Central America. Common names include hoja santa (Spanish...
by the King. This was made possible thanks to Count CarlPiper, after his wife Christina Piper's recommendation, when Magdalena Stenbock gave Christina...
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