Carl Adam von Stackelberg

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Carl Adam von Stackelberg
Family coat of arms of the von Stackelberg family

Carl Adam von Stackelberg (born May 8, 1669 in Thomel on the island of Ösel , Sweden ; † 1749 ibid), was a Swedish baron and general in the Great Northern War .

family

Carl Adam von Stackelberg was the only son of the district administrator Matthias von Stackelberg and his wife Ingeborg Grubbe. He was born on the family estate on the island of Ösel. Carl Adam came from the old, originally German noble family Stackelberg .

Marriages and children

  • On January 10, 1692, Stackelberg married Baroness Sofia Elisabet von Liewen in Reval , a daughter of Major General Reinhold von Liewen and his second wife Anna Margareta Zöge von Manteuffel . She was buried in Reval Cathedral on February 10, 1693.
  • Reinhold Mattias, (* 1692; † 1747)
  • In 1694 Stackelberg married Hedvig Ingeborg Clodt von Jürgensburg, a daughter of District Administrator Gustaf Adolf Clodt von Jürgensburg and his first wife Brita Stuart. She died in February 1710 and was buried in Reval on October 26th.
  • Carl Wilhelm, (* 1695; † 1750), district administrator
  • Gustaf Adolf, (* 1696; † 1742), colonel in the Swedish army
  • Ingeborg Hedwig (* unknown; † unknown), married to the father's cousin, District Administrator Mattias Christoffer Stackelberg
  • Adam Friedrich (* 1703; † 1768), district administrator
  • Augusta Elizabeth (* unknown; † April 28th), married the captain Gustaf Reinhold von Buddenbrock in Reval in 1727
  • Marriage to Ulrika Eleonora von Albedyl, a daughter of Lieutenant Georg von Albedyl and his wife, Baron Elisabet Eleonora von Mengden .
  • Ulrika Eleonora (* unknown; † 1759), first married to Baron Carl Vilhelm Clodt (* 1707; † 1740) and her second marriage to the Russian Guard Ensign Baron Conrad Fredrik Meijendorff von Yxkull
  • Anna Barbara (born May 15, 1720 in Lübeck ; † August 1, 1779), married to a relative of Mr. Reinhold Bernt Stackelberg, from Kersel .
  • Otto Peter (* 1721; † March 15, 1770 in Mexhof ), officer in the Russian army. In 1738 adjutant to Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine . Later diplomat in the service of the tsar. He was arrested in Danzig in 1741 on charges of conspiracy and sent to a labor camp in Siberia. He later received a pardon and was released. He was badly wounded in the Battle of Cornia in 1738.
  • In 1722 the fourth marriage followed with Countess Juliana Christina Bonde af Björnö i hennes . This was the countess's second marriage. She was the daughter of the royal council and president Freiherr Carl Bonde, Count Bonde af Björnö and his wife Countess Eleonora Margareta Brahe . She died on February 20, 1758.
  • Alexander Julius (* 23 August 1727 in Reval; † a little later there)

Military career

Stackelberg joined the Swedish army in 1686 at the age of 17. He was made an ensign in Riga in 1687 and transferred to the Österbotten infantry regiment. In the same year he was promoted to lieutenant . At the beginning of the Great Northern War, Stackelberg was already a lieutenant colonel in this regiment. His regiment was transferred to Livonia in 1701 . As a result, he took part in many battles and sieges. Stackelberg distinguished himself several times through his bravery in front of the enemy, so that in 1703 he was appointed colonel and commander of his own regiment.

1710 promoted to major general and commandant of the Dünamünde fortress . Stackelberg had to hand this over to the Russian General Sheremetev on August 8, 1708, with the assurance of safe conduct for his troops . His health was badly damaged as a result of the siege, so that he was temporarily on leave. 1712 Appointment as commandant of the city of Stade . Stackelberg held the fortress and the city in Swedish hands for a month during the siege . Despite the heavy losses of his garrison troops, the desertion of the Landwehr troops and the raging plague , Stackelberg succeeds in repeatedly strengthening the soldiers' morale. Only when all hope of sending replacement troops was lost did Stackelberg surrender with the rest of his garrison. He only stayed in captivity for a short time and quickly returned to the Swedish army. Together with the rest of the Swedish army, under Field Marshal Magnus Stenbock , Stackelberg withdrew to the Tönning fortress . Stackelberg is one of the signatories of the declaration of surrender. He remains in captivity again only briefly and returns to Sweden.

For his services, Stackelberg was raised to the baron status in 1714 . One year later he was appointed Lieutenant General of the Infantry. While Stackelberg visits the Hanseatic city of Stralsund , it is enclosed and besieged by Prussian and Saxon troops. After the surrender, Stackelberg went into Prussian captivity, from which he was able to escape in 1716.

At the siege of Frederikshald , Stackelberg takes part in the staff of King Charles XII. part.

In 1719 Stackelberg was appointed governor of Kuressaare-Arensburg on his home island of Ösel.

Stackelberg took his leave in 1723 and retired to the island of Ösel. In 1726 he was raised to the rank of general . In 1749 he died on the island of Ösel.

literature

  • Karl Adam Stackelberg . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 26 : Slöke – Stockholm . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1917, Sp. 878 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Carl Adam von Stackelberg . In: Gustaf Elgenstierna : The introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor . 1925-36.
  • Anders Fryxell: Life story of Karl the Twelfth, King of Sweden , Volume 2, Braunschweig (1861)
  • Knut Lundblad: History of Charles the Twelfth King of Sweden , Volume 2, Hamburg (1840)
  • Axel von Gernet: Archive of the von Stackelberg family , printing house of the St. Petersburg newspaper (1900)
  • Sveriges ridderskaps och adels kalender 1923 on runeberg.org (Swedish)
  • Carl Adam von Stackelberg . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 508 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e The introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor
  2. ↑ a b Archive of the Stackelberg family, p. 12
  3. ^ Archive of the von Stackelberg family, p. 19
  4. ↑ Knut Lundblad, p. 240 ff.
  5. ↑ Anders Fryxell, p. 381 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Stackelberg, Carl Adam von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stackelberg, Karl Adam von (different spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish baron and general in the Swedish army
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1669
PLACE OF BIRTH Thomel on Ösel , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH 1749
Place of death Thomel on Ösel , Sweden