Battle of Fraustadt, 1706 Feb 13

The Officers


Swedish Officers.

Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld, born 1651 Aug 6 in Stralsund. Fänrik with Närkes och Värmlands regemente 1673 Dec 2; Lieutenant with Upplands reg 1675 Jul 26; Lt with LifGardet 1676 Feb 12; Captain with Drottningens reg till Häst 1676 Aug 24; LtCol 1677 Nov 5;
Colonel for Tyska LifReg till Fot 1689 Jan 26; commandant for Landskrona kastell 1689; Col for Norra Skånska cavalry regiment 1693 May 9; MjGen for the cavalry 169.; LtGen 1698 Jul 4 and Governor General in Skåne same date; General 1703 Apr 14; Royal Advisor 1705 Dec 27; Field Marshal 1706 June 21 and Count same day;
Captured at Poltava 1709 Jun 28; Came home 1718; Supreme commander in Skåne 1719; Died 1722 Jan 29 at Läggesta in Södermanland.

Axel Sparre, born 1652 Jan 9 in Visby. Volunteer with LifGardet 1671; NCO 1671; Fänrik with Col Stoohem's reg in Netherlands 1672 Sep 25; Lieutenant 1673 Jan 11; Captain 1674 Jan 18; Captain with FM Cl Horn's german regiment in swedish service 1675 Sep; Captain with LifGardet 1676 Jun 12; LtCol 1677 Jul 22; LtCol Närkes-Värmland's reg 1677 Oct 23; Commandant in Göteborg 1678 but resigned this post same year;
Colonel for Västmanland's reg 1699 Jul 26; MjGen 1705 Dec 27; LtGen 1710 Aug 30; General of Infantry 1713 Jan 2;
Envoy to the Count of Hessen-Cassel 1716 Jun 9; rapelled (?) 1719; Count 1720 Jan 9; Field Marshal 1721 Jan 3; Died 1728 May 31 at Brokind in Östergötland.

Arvid Axel Mardefelt, Born ca 1660. Served with LifGardet 1677; Fänrik 1677 May 6; Lieutenant 1677 Sep; Regimental Quartermaster 1684 Oct 6; Captain 1686 May 12; LtCol Södermanland's reg 1693 Dec 30;
Colonel 1697 Jun 14; MjGen 1703 Apr 30; General of Infantry 1706 Jan 5;
Captured 1706 Oct 19 at Kalisz; Died 1708 May 18 in Jakin, Poland.

Anders Hummerhjelm,

 

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