Joachim von Düben the Elder explained

Death Place:	Stockholm, Sweden
Father:	Gustaf Düben
Birth Date:	22 August 1671
Birth Place:	Stockholm, Sweden
Noble Family:	Düben family
Joachim von Düben the Elder
Spouse:	Margareta Spegel
Issue:	Ulrika Eleonora
Mother:	Emerentia Standaert

Joachim von Düben the Elder (; 22 August 1671 – 30 November 1730) was a Swedish statesman, riksråd and hovkansler.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joachim d.ä. Düben, von - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon. 2022-02-03. sok.riksarkivet.se.
2. https://runeberg.org/sbh/dubenjoa.html Joachim von Düben
3. Svensk uppslagsbok, Malmö 1931
4. Balders, Günter (2010): "Ich singe mit, wenn alles singt": Paul Gerhardt und die Musik. Frank & Timme GmbH.
5. https://runeberg.org/nfbf/0613.html Joachim von Düben]], Nordisk Familjebok, 2nd edn (1907), vol 6]

   Early life

   Joachim von Düben was the son of organist and composer Gustaf Düben and Emerentia Standaert, he was a grandson of the German-born Baroque composer Andreas Düben, and brother of lady-in-waiting Emerentia, Gustaf and Anders von Düben the Younger.

   Political career

   In 1709, Düben was captured near the Dnieper and held as a hostage in Moscow.

   Düben anonymously published Uthwalde andelige sånger in 1725.^{[3] [4]}

   Family

   In 1719, Düben married Margareta Spegel, a daughter of Archbishop Haquin Spegel. He was in 1731, posthumously promoted, raised to comital rang.

   Sources

   • Book: Anrep, Gabriel . Svenska adelns ättar-taflor . 1858 . P. A. Norstedt u. Söhne . sv . Gabriel Anrep.
   • Web site: Hildebrand . Bengt . 1945 . Düben, Düben von, släkt . . 634 . sv.