Field Marshal

From a monk from the provincial monastery of Benedictines in the province of Languedok in the south of France to one of the first persons in Sweden. This is the path of this outstanding personality with a rich life for 35 incomplete years after escaping from the monastery. Pontus de la Gardi - monk, military, politician, diplomat. He was scorched by the fire of all military conflicts of Europe in the middle of the 16th century. In the early years of his military career, he served under the leadership of the outstanding commanders of that time: Marshal de Brissak, General Blaz de Montlyuk, Admiral Gaspara de Coligny, Duke Francois de Giza. He met by the nature of the service as a diplomat, with all the celebrities of his time: Emperor Rudolf, Queen Catherine Medici and her son King Charles IX, their court doctor Nostradamus, King of Spain Philip II, Duke of Alba, Maria Stuart and her mother Queen Scotland, queen The Navarres of Jeanne de Albre and her son Henry (future king of France Henry IV), Pope Gregory XIII, cardinals, dukes and columns. For his merits to Sweden, he was erected into the count dignity, and King Johan III entrusted him with his daughter Sophia. After brilliant victories in Livonia over the eastern giant, Ivan the Terrible, he tragically died in the waters of Narva, returning from negotiations about peace with the Russians