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Maksymilian Guldenstern

d. 1678

Politician from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (died 1678)

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Maksymilian Guldenstern was a Polish civil servant.

Maksymilian Guldenstern (; ; died 1678), also known as Maksymilian Gyllenstierna (; ), was a nobleman and politician who served as the castellan of Elbląg in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1667 to 1678. With said office, he was also a secular senator of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as one of the representatives of Malbork Voivodeship. In 1669, as a senator, he was a member of the election sejm of 1669, during which he voted for king Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki.

Biography Maksymilian Guldenstern was the son of Johan Nilsson Gyllenstierna, an aristocrat from Sweden, who was an admiral in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy. His paternal grandfather, Nils Göransson Gyllenstierna, served as the Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1561 to 1590, and as the Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1590 to 1601. Maksymilian Guldenstern belonged to the heraldic clan of Gyllenstierna.

Guldenstern served as the castellan of Elbląg in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1667 to 1678. With said office, he was also a secular senator of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as one of the representatives of Malbork Voivodeship. In 1669, as a senator, he was a member of the election sejm of 1669, during which he voted for king Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki. He died in 1678.

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Important facts

Died
1678
Occupation
Positions held
Polish elector

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Who was Maksymilian Guldenstern?

politician from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (died 1678)

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Maksymilian Guldenstern died in 1678.

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Maksymilian Guldenstern was a civil servant.

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Maksymilian Guldenstern was Polish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Maksymilian Guldenstern

· Wikidata: Q48861720

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