Rutger von Ascheberg
Count Rutger von Ascheberg (born June 2, 1621 on Gut Perbohnen, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia ; † April 17, 1693 in Gothenburg ) was a German-Baltic field marshal in the Swedish service and one of Sweden's greatest generals and politicians.
Life
Ascheberg was born in Courland , now part of Latvia , and fought in the service of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden during the Thirty Years' War . Under Charles XI. As the commander and confidante of his king, he defeated the Danish army in the battles of Lund and Karlskrona in 1676 and 1677 , was appointed field marshal in 1678 and finally raised to the nobility (count) in 1687.
In the 1650s he was in Hesse. There he was bailiff of the Hessian-Darmstadt rule of Itter . During these years he married Magdalena Eleonora von Buseck called Münch , with whom he had 25 children. Rutger's daughter Sofia Louisa married Hans Wachtmeister zu Johannishus in 1685 .
Rutger's wife Magdalena Eleonora died on June 9, 1690 in Malmö at the age of 58. The following year she was reburied and buried in Gothenburg, in the presence of the king.
He was buried in 1693 in the Christian Church in Gothenburg , also known as the German Church . His sarcophagus can still be seen there today.
Trivia
The Aschebergsgatan in Gothenburg is a street named after him.
Individual evidence
- ^ Oskar Stavenhagen: Genealogical Handbook of the Courland Knighthood, Vol .: 1, Görlitz, 1939 , digitized, page 4
- ^ Ascheberg, Rütger von ( Swedish ) In: Biographiskt Lexicon öfver namnkunnige svenska men . Retrieved July 4, 2013.
- ↑ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt, inventory D 4 No. 186/6
- ^ Nordisk familjebok. Stockholm 1876, vol. 1 col. 1170
- ↑ Samlingar till Göteborgs historia. Gothenburg 1892, p. 510
literature
- Nordisk familjebok. Stockholm 1876, vol. 1 col. 1169f
- Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods, part 3, 1: Kurland, Görlitz, 1939, p.5
Web links
- Rutger von Ascheberg in the Busecker History Letter (PDF file; 504 kB)
- Life of the royal. Raths, General-Governor and Field Marshal Count Rutger von Ascheberg, born 1621 the 2nd June, died 1693 the 17th April (Swedish biography: Contains a collection of biographies of famous Swedish warriors and statesmen, Part 2, I.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ascheberg, Rutger from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish field marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 2, 1621 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gut Berbonen, Duchy of Courland and Semigallia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1693 |
| Place of death | Gothenburg |