Matthias Palbitzki

Matthias Palbitzki (23 December 1623, 20 October 1677 in Julita, Södermanland) was a Swedish diplomat and art-connoisseur.

Because of the Thirty Years' War in Pomerania, which also impacted the estates of the family, his mother sent him 1640 the Sorø Academy.

Already in Hamburg he met the commander Gustaf Horn, who persuaded him to get in Swedish service, and took him to Stockholm.

In 1645 he continued his grand tour through the west and southern Europe, to Egypt, Greece and Constantinople.

Beginning in 1649 sent him Queen Christina diplomatic mission in the Republic of Venice, where he was to negotiate for mediation in the conflict with Poland and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.