Friedrich von Arensdorff

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Friedrich von Arenstorff

Born	1626
Died	1689
Allegiance	Sweden Denmark
Service/branch	Swedish Army Royal Danish Army
Years of service	1645 – 1689
Rank	Supreme Commander
Battles/wars	Copenhagen (1660) Scanian War (1675 – 1679) Battle of Lund

Friedrich von Arenstorff (Danish: Frederik von Arenstorff) (1626 – 1689) was an officer in Swedish and Danish [military service].

Military Career

In 1645 he began his military career in the Swedish Army in Poland and took part in the siege of Copenhagen in 1660.

In 1661 he went into Danish pay. In 1676 He started to command the Royal Danish Army at the Battle of Lund after his brother Carl von Arenstorff injury and the king's escape at the Battle of Lund . It is believed that his formalism cost the Danes the victory.

In 1678 he commanded the Danish army in Scania. For disobeying the command to save the trapped Danish army at Kristianstad he was sentenced to death with loss of title, land and property, but reprieved by the King.^[1]

It is believed that his cruelty towards the civilians of Scania made many of them prefer Swedish rule.

In 1688 he was made Supreme Commander of the whole Danish Army. ^[2]

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