Joachim von Düben the Elder

Joachim von Düben the Elder (Joachim von Düben den äldre; 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.