Sabelskjöld Tombstone
This stone now stands in the narthex
of the church. When the old floor was taken up and redone they
set the gravestones that were in the floor, up against the wall
and covered over the graves below.
A close-up view of the stone shows
the initials CSS and IRS for
Carl
SabelSkjöld
and Ingeborg
RosenStråle.
The horse, sword and pistol motif
of the Sabelskjöld coat of arms and the three arrows and
horns of the Rosenstråle coat of arms are shown on the shields
in front of their respective representations.
There is an inscription that is
barely legible on the top portion of the stone. In Swedish it
says:
Här under ligger
begraven Kongl. Maj:ts tro man och fordom Major utöver Smålands
Cavalleri, den ädle och välborne Herren, Herr Carl Sabelsköld
till Ekenäs, Bråhult, och Tompta, född a. 1590
d. 2 Januari och genom den timeliga döden avsomnade på
Ekenäs 1663 d. 12 Oktober och var begraven d. 6 Martii 1664
Samt hans älskeliga husfru ädel och välborna Ingeborg
Rosenstråle med deras kiära barn och Arfwingar anno
1664.
It translates to:
"Under here lies
buried his Royal Majesty's trusted man and formerly Major of Smålands
Cavalry , the noble and well-born Gentleman, Mister Carl Sabelsköld
of Ekenäs, Bråhult, and Tompta , born 1590 the 2nd
of January and by the temporal death fell asleep at Ekenäs
1663 the 12th of Oktober , and was buried the 6th of March 1664.
Also his lovable wife noble and well-born Ingeborg Rosenstråle
with their dear children and Heirs in the year 1664."
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