Joachim von Düben the Elder
Joachim von Düben the Elder (; 22 August 1671 – 30 November 1730) was a Swedish statesman, riksråd and hovkansler. Early life 
Joachim von Düben was the son of organist and composer Gustaf Düben and Emerentia Standaert, he was a grandson of the German-born Baroque composer Andreas Düben, and brother of lady-in-waiting Emerentia, Gustaf and Anders von Düben the Younger. Political career 
In 1709, Düben was captured near the Dnieper and held as a hostage in Moscow. Düben anonymously published Uthwalde andelige sånger in 1725. Family 
In 1719, Düben married Margareta Spegel, a daughter of Archbishop Haquin Spegel. He was in 1731, posthumously promoted, raised to comital rang. References 

1671 births
1730 deaths
Joachim
Swedish people of German descent
Swedish people of Dutch descent

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18th-century Swedish nobility
18th-century Swedish politicians