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May 01, 1595 Västergötland, Västra Götaland County, Sweden Died on 19 Nov 1661 (aged 66)
Swedish Field Marshal
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About Lars Kagg
- Lars Kagg (1 May 1595 – 19 November 1661) was a Swedish count and military officer.
- He was a political ally of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, a member of the Privy Council of Sweden and Field Marshal during the Thirty Years' War.Kagg was born at the Kiellstorp estate in Örslösa parish in Skaraborg, now Västra Götaland County.
- He was the son of Chamberlain Nils Mathisson Kagg.
- In 1609, at the age of fourteen, he was taken to the court of King Charles IX of Sweden, where he formed a lifelong relationship with Crown Prince Gustav Adolph.In 1626, he became deputy governor of Narva and Ivangorod in Swedish Ingria.
- In 1628, he became colonel of in the Jönköping infantry regiment.
- In 1631, he became commander in Brandenburg an der Havel and Spandau.
- In 1632, he became governor of the city of Magdeburg.
- He was made Lord High Constable of Sweden in 1660.In 1647, Kagg acquired an estate on the island of Helgö situated in Lake Mälaren which he named Kaggeholm, today the site of Kaggeholm Castle (Kaggeholms slott).
