Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Excerpt from Per Brahe's letter to Axel Oxenstierna, dated February 11/21 (Old Style), 1633

Source:

Rikskansleren Axel Oxenstiernas skrifter och brefvexling, senare afdelningen, tredje bandet: Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstiernas bref 1611-1640, Per Brahes bref 1633-1651, page 470, published by the Royal Scientific Academy of History and Antiquities and P. A. Norstedt and Sons, 1890


The letter excerpt:

... skicker H. M:tt till vår unge Dråning med migh ett ståtligitt clenodium på 30,000 eller mer riksdalers värde.

English translation (my own):

... Her Majesty is sending with me for our young Queen a stately piece of jewelry that is worth 30,000 or more riksdalers.


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