Count Edvard (Evert) Diedric Taube
Cabinet Minister, Admiral of the Realm
✶ 21 December 1680 in Botkyrka parish (Stockholm)
✟ 31 October 1751 in Stockholm
appointed
Stockholm 17 April 1748
Knighted 18 April 1748 in the King’s chambers
motto
Ned spe nec metu (With neither hope nor fear)
shield
Painted 1764/65 by Johan Pasch.
other awards
Commander of the Order of the Sword 1748
Biography
Count 1734 (unintroduced, the dynasty was introduced in 1802)
Admiral of the Realm 1734
Cabinet Minister 1734-1739
Placement
