See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT CARL GUSTAF See also:

• COUNT CARL GUSTAF TESSIN (1695-1770)

TESSIN (1695-1770)  , See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish statesman, son of a See also:

• GREAT

great architect, Nicodemus See also:

• TESSIN, CARL GUSTAF, COUNT (1695-1770)

Tessin, began his public career in 1723, at which See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was a member of the See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction . In 1725 he was appointed See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador at See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna, and in that capacity counteracted the plans of the Swedish See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor, See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count Arvid See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

Horn, who was for acceding to the Hanoverian See also:

• ALLIANCE

Alliance . During the riksdags 1726–27 and 1731 he fiercely opposed the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and his wit, eloquence and imposing presence made him one of the foremost protagonists of the party subsequently known as " The Hats" (see See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

SWEDEN: See also:

• HISTORY

History) . From 1735 to 1736 he was again Swedish ambassador at Vienna . During the riksdag of 1738 he was elected See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of the See also:

• DIET

diet and contributed more than anyone else to overthrow the Horn See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration the same See also:

• YEAR

year . On the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the spoil of patronage he See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose for himself the See also:

• POST

post of ambassador extraordinary at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and from 1739 to 1742 delighted See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles with his brilliant qualities of See also:

• GRAND

grand seigneur, at the same time renewing the traditional alliance between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and Sweden which had been interrupted for more than sixty years . His See also:

• POLITICAL

political ability, however, was by no means commensurate with his splendid social qualities . It was his sanguine credulity which committed the " Hats " to their rash and unconsidered See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia in 1741-42, though in fairness it must be added that Tessin helped them out of their difficulties again by his adroitness as a party See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader and his stirring eloquence . He gained his See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm-See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair in the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate as a See also:

• REWARD

reward for his services on this occasion . In 1743 Tessin composed the See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long outstanding See also:

• DIFFERENCES, CALCULUS OF (Theory of Finite Differences)

differences between Sweden and See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark in a See also:

• SPECIAL

special See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen . In 1744 he was sent at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of an extraordinary embassade to See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin to escort to See also:

• STOCKHOLM

Stockholm See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the Great's See also:

• SISTER

sister, Louisa Ulrica, the chosen See also:

• BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

bride of the Swedish See also:

• CROWN

crown-See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, See also:

• ADOLPHUS, JOHN LEYCESTER (1795-1862)

Adolphus Frederick . As overhofmarskalk of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, Tessin speedily captivated the royal pair .

He also succeeded in withdrawing the crown-prince from beneath the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian empress See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, to whom Adolphus Frederick owed his See also:

• THRONE

throne when he became See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Sweden in 1751, thereby essentially contributing to the See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of the See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of Sweden . From 1746 to 1752 Tessin was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the chancellery, as the Swedish See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister was called in those days . His " See also:

• SYSTEM

system " aimed at a rapprochement with Denmark with the view of counterbalancing the influence of Russia in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north . It was a dignified and prudent policy, but his endeavour to consolidate it by promoting a matrimonial alliance between the two courts alienated the Swedish crown-prince, who, as a Holsteiner, nourished an ineradicable hatred of everything Danish . As, moreover, on the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of Adolphus Frederick in 1751, Tessin refused to countenance any See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of the royal See also:

• PREROGATIVE

prerogative, the rupture between him and the court became final . On the occasion of the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation (1752) he resigned the premiership, and in 1754 the governorship of the young crown-prince Gustavus also, spending the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his days at his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate at Akero . Tessin was one of the most brilliant personages of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, and the most prominent representative of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French culture in Sweden . He was also a See also:

• FINE

fine orator, and his See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style is excellent . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORKS

works are his autobiographical fragments (1st ed . Stockholm, 1819), Tessin och Tessiniana; K . G . Tessin's Dagbok (Stockholm, 1824), both of them extracts from his voluminous MS. See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs in 29 volumes; and his famous En gammal mans bref til en ung Prins (Stockholm, 1753; See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• EDITIONS

editions, 1755 and 1756), addressed to his See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil, afterwards Gustavus III., one of the most delightful books for the young that ever saw the See also:

• LIGHT

light .

See R . Nisbet See also:

• BAIN, ALEXANDER (1818-1903)
• BAIN, ANDREW GEDDES (1797-1864)

Bain, Gustavus III. and his Contemporaries (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1895), vol. i; Bernhard von See also:

• BESKOW, BERNHARD VON, BARON (1796-1868)

Beskow, Minne of Grefve K . G . Tessin (Stockholm, 1864) ; Bernhard See also:

• ELIS
• ELIS, or ELEIA
• ELIS, PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL OF

Elis Malmstrom, Sveriges politiska historia frdn Konung Karl XII.'s dod till statshvalfningen, 1772 (Stockholm, 1893-1901) . (R . N .