 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekwa Ponce dEscouperie muCaunes-Minervois Aude, Languedoc, mwanakomana waJacques Escoperier naX Armengaud. Paaiva muduku, aida kuva mupristi uye akadzidziswa mumusha wemamonk. Zvisinei, akachinja pfungwa dzake, uye akabva kuLanguedoc kuti ave musoja wechiuto aishandira Denmark. De la Gardie akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru uye akanga achitungamirira chikwata chevarwi. Muna 1565, muNorthern Seven Years War, akabatwa nemauto eSweden paVarberg uye akachinja kuvimbika kuSweden. De la Gardie akakurumidza kuva mudiwa waJohn III weSweden uye muna 1569, mushure memakore mana chete mubasa reSweden, akagamuchira chinzvimbo chevakuru. Muna 1571, akagadzirwa baron uye akapiwa Ekholmen Castle. 