Carl Jesper Benzelius [SEP] place of birth
Carl Jesper Benzelius
Carl Jesper Benzelius (16 January 1714, Uppsala – 2 January 1793) was a theologian, professor, bishop of the Diocese of Strängnäs from 1776 to 1793, and a son to archbishop Erik Benzelius the younger.
Born in Uppsala, Benzelius was brought up at the home of his grandfather, Bishop Jesper Svedberg. He was then guided by his uncle Henry Benzelius in Lund University and was there in 1738 graduated to Master of Arts, after which he was a few years spent in England, France
Benzelius ( 1744–1747 ), and Henrik Benzelius ( 1747–1758 ).
The children who had not entered the Church were ennobled as knights with the name of Benzelstierna. The other sons and their descendants continued to use the name of Benzelius. Erik Benzelius the younger was, through his marriage with Bishop Jesper Svedberg's daughter Anna Swedenborg, the brother-in-law of Emanuel Swedenborg. Their son Carl Jesper Benzelius became the Bishop of Strängnäs, the daughter Ulrika married the 22nd Lutheran Bishop of Linköping, ( 1704–1780 ), and