The scroll in the center of the chart is confusing as it represents the Father’s family yet it
includes names from the mother’s ancestry. In fact, if you look under ‘Male Ancestry’ the first
names you see at the top are GUDMUND NILSSON of Donso m KIERSTEN JACOBSDOTTER of
Angas. Then on the list of Female Ancestry on the right of the chart the same names and dates
appear lower down.
This observation becomes very significant when we look at Carl Gustav’s mother’s ancestry.
So for the moment just gloss over the names and let them serve to give a feeling for the Chart. It
will all make more sense later when I write about that somewhat illustrious and immensely
wealthy family who’s DNA has been passed on to us. Pity the immense wealth fell by the
wayside.
Now I’ve got your attention! We’re going to get to the lost Billions and some romantic stories
soon and then it all becomes more fascinating.
CHAPTER 2: THE ANCESTRAL LINE OF CARL GUSTAV STARTING WITH HIS
PARENTS:
W
e will start with the ancestry of his mother, ELSA LORENTZDOTTER (1818 - 1856),
as here we find a very rich heritage going back to the early 1600s. Much of the
story is documented in the archives and some is available on Google.
(Ruby has referred to this part of the chart as: ‘OUR ANCESTORS ON TJORN (SWEDEN),
concerning ENGELBREKT ANDERSSON’)
The story goes back slightly further than Engelbrekt, however, and begins in Norway and on
the islands of Sweden. Here is the Rich and Romantic Story I promised.
This is our known beginning:
HARTVIG HVITFELDT was a royal official in Norway in the early 1600s. According to the very
changeable history of the time, it would be quite possible for a Swede to have been welcomed
as an official at the Danish court. Besides, Hartvig’s family proved to be immensely wealthy if
not royal themselves, so that would have helped.
Google Research indicates that in 1570 Sweden gave up claims to Norway. King Christian IV
was on the throne 1588 – 1603; Kingdom of Norway and Denmark. He had 7 children by his
first wife and 12 by his second.
This would have been at the time that HARTVIG HVITFELDT was an official at the court. It
appears that borders between countries were flexible and it was only in 1660 that the Peace of
Copenhagen established boundaries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
According to documents, HARTVIG HVITFELDT married a ‘lady of royal birth’. There is no
mention other than that in the records where it is firmly stated that ‘royal protocol forbade the
publishing of her name and position in the royal family’.
(There’s a story here just waiting to be written!)
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