Oxenstiern, Axel, Count, Swedish statesman, favourite minister of Gustavus Adolphus; supported him through the Thirty Years' War, though he disapproved of his engaging in it, and managed the affairs of the State with great ability after his death (1583-1654).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Oxenford, John * Oxford