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He was born on October 8, 1604 in Livland.
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Henrik Rehbinder
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In 1622 he became a weapon page to Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, then he was a captain in Queen Kristina"s honor guard. He was promoted to major general in the cavalry, a commanding officer for the Finnish militia, and later the governor of the Finland. He was raised to nobility as Baron on February 12, 1680.
He participated in the Battle of Luetzen in 1632, and he died on October 13, 1680 in Stockholm.
He was buried in Värmdö in the church, in a decorated and engraved copper coffin. Henrik Rehbinder, neutralized and baron Rehbinder, b. in Livland 8 October 1604.
Arms page at Gustav II Adolf 1622. Lieutenant in colonel Grass" infantry regiment 1632, in colonel Otto Yxkull-Gyllenband"s cavalry regiment 1638.
Cavalry captain in queen Kristina"s Mounted Life Guards 1648, major 1648, discharge from the Army 1650.
Lieutenant colonel in field marshal baron Gust. Lewenhaupt"s Mounted Life Guards 1655, colonel April 1656. Naturalized Swedish nobleman 11 August 1668 (introduced in the old calendar under nr 713).
Major general of the Cavalry and chief of the Finnish Military and governor of Finland 26 June 1673.
Baron 12 February 1680 (introd sy). Was besides owner of numerous estates in Sweden and Uddrich and Wagenküll in Estonia, also owner of Viljakkala in Tavastkyrö (Hämeenkyrö) and Kavantholm in South:t Andree.
Death in Stockholm 13 October 1680, buried in Nikolai church in Stockholm in a copper coffin decorated with inscriptions and escutcheon, but was some year later placed in the family grave at the church in Värmdö. See Rostislav 1 of Kiev (1110-1167) and his 7 grand and great grand fathers, the Rurik Dynasty.
He had 18 children in all.
5 children died young. 4 brothers died in battle, in Poland and Germany.
