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Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721)

The Duchy of Estonia, also known as Swedish Estonia, was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1561 until 1721 during the time that most or all of Estonia was under Swedish rule. The territory was eventually ceded to Russia in the Treaty of Nystad, following its capitulation during a plague outbreak in the Great Northern War.

List of governors
Governors (1561–1674) • (2 August 1561 – 27 February 1562) • Klas Horn (acting; August 1561) • Henrik Klasson Horn (1st time; 27 February 1562 – June 1562) • Svante Stensson Sture (30 June 1562 – 27 July 1564) • (1564–1565) • Henrik Klasson Horn (2nd time; 30 January 1565 – 1568) • (November 1568 – 1570) • (9 October 1570 – 1572) • Clas Åkesson Tott (6 November 1572 – 1574) • Pontus De la Gardie (4 June 1574 – December 1575) • Karl Henriksson Horn (1st time; January 1576 – May 1578) • (acting; 19 April 1576 – 1577) • (1st time; 1 August 1577 – 1580) • (1580–1581) • Göran Boije (2nd time; 25 April 1582 – 1583) • Pontus De la Gardie (1583 – 5 November 1585) • (8 November 1585 – 1588) • Hans Wachtmeister (acting; July 1588 – 13 October 1588) • Gustaf Axelsson Banér (13 October 1588 – 1590) • (1590 – July 1592) • Göran Boije (3rd time; 1592 – June 1600) • Karl Henriksson Horn (2nd time, acting; 1600 – 30 January 1601) • (1601 – October 1602) • Nils Turesson Bielke (10 May 1605 – June 1605) • Axel Nilsson Ryning (1605–1608) • Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna (1611–1617) • Anders Eriksson Hästehufvud (1617–1619) • Jakob De la Gardie (July 1619 – 1622) • Per Gustafsson Banér (1622 – January 1626) • (1626 – October 1628) • (1628 – 17 July 1642) • (26 July 1642 – 1646) • Erik Axelsson Oxenstierna (9 September 1646 – 1653) • (1st time, acting; May 1653 – 16 August 1653) • (16 August 1653 – 1655) • Wilhelm von Ulrich (2nd time, acting; 1655 – August 1655) • Bengt Skytte (1655–1656) • Wilhelm von Ulrich (3rd time, acting; 1655– 2 August 1656) • (2 August 1656 – November 1674) • Wilhelm von Ulrich (4th time, acting; 1656–1659) • (acting; 1674) Governors-General (1674–1728) Andreas Lennartson Torstensson (1674–1681) • Robert Johannson Lichton (April 1681 – 1687) • Nils Turesson Bielke (20 January 1687 – 19 April 1687) • Axel Julius De la Gardie (1687 – December 1704) • Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach (December 1704 – 6 July 1706) • Niels Jonsson Stromberg af Clastorp (6 July 1706 – 23 October 1709) • Carl Nieroth (23 October 1709 – 10 October 1710) == See also ==
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