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Carl, Count (or Greve) Piper (July 29, 1647, Stockholm - May 29, 1716, Schlüsselburg) was a Swedish statesman. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Shlisselburg (Шлиссельбу́рг is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated at the head of the Neva River on Lake "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. He entered the foreign office after completing his academical course at Uppsala, accompanied Benedict Oxenstjerna on his embassage to Russia in 1673, and attracted the attention of Charles XI during the Scanian War by his extraordinary energy and ability. Uppsala ˈɵpˌsɑːla (older spelling Upsala) is the capital of Uppsala County ( Uppsala län) and the fourth largest city of Count Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna (1623-1702 Swedish statesman was the son of Axel Oxenstierna ’s cousin Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1586-1656 Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Charles XI (Karl XI 24 November 1655old style &ndash 5 April 1697old style was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death in an unruly period in Scanian War ( Danish: Skånske Krig Swedish: Skånska kriget) was a war fought between the union of Denmark-Norway and Sweden
In 1679 he was appointed secretary to the board of trade and ennobled. In 1689 he was made one of the secretaries of state, and Charles XI recommended him on his deathbed to his son and successor, Charles XII. Piper became the most confidential of the new sovereign's ministers. In 1697 he was made a senator and set over domestic affairs while still retaining his state-secretaryship.
In 1698 he was created a count, in 1702 appointed chancellor of Uppsala University, and during the first half of the Great Northern War, as the chief of Charles' perambulating chancellery, he was practically prime minister. A count is a Nobleman in European countries The word count comes from French comte, itself from Latin Uppsala University ( Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a world-class research University in Uppsala, Sweden. The Great Northern War (1700-21 was fought between Russia and Sweden for supremacy in the Baltic Sea. It was his misfortune, however, to be obliged to support a system which was not his own.
He belonged to the school of Benedict Oxenstjerna and was therefore an avowed advocate of a pacific policy. He protested in vain against nearly all the military ventures of Charles XII, e. g. the War of Deposition against Augustus of Saxony and Poland, the invasion of Saxony, the raid into the Ukraine. Royal titles In Latin: Augustus Secundus Dei Gratia rex Poloniae magnus dux Lithuaniae Russie Prussiae Masoviae Samogitiae Livoniae Kijoviae Volhyniae Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The Free State of Saxony (Freistaat Sachsen ˈzaksən Swobodny Stat Sakska is the easternmost federal state of Germany. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Again and again he insisted that the pacific overtures of Peter the Great should at least be fairly considered, but his master was always immovable. Piper's career came to an end at the Battle of Poltava (1709), where he was among the prisoners. The Battle of Poltava (or Pultowa on 28 June 1709 ( 8 July, N The last years of his life were spent in exile in Russia. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending He died at Schlüsselburg in 1716.
See W. L. Svedelius, Count Carl Piper (Stockholm, 1869).
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition article "Carl, Count Piper", a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
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