Carl Gustaf Örnestedt

Karl Gustav Freiherr Örnestedt ( Swedish Carl Gustaf Friherre Örnestedt ; * December 16, 1669 , † March 5, 1742 in Skottorp ) was a Swedish field marshal .

Life

Origin and family

Carl Gustaf was a member of the Swedish aristocratic Örnestedt family . His parents were the Swedish statesman Franziskus Örnestedt (1624–1685), born in Pomerania , and Anna, née von der Deilen († 1712). He was not married. The Swedish generals Axel von Faltzburg (1645–1728), Friedrich von Mevius (1653–1717) and Gustav Wilhelm Coyet (1678–1730) were his brothers-in-law. His family died out with him in the male line .

Career

Örnestedt began his career in the Swedish army with the life guards and then stood with various regiments in the German provinces. From 1688 to 1695 he took part in the Palatinate War of Succession in the Netherlands as a captain in the “Tiesenhausen” infantry regiment . In 1696 he joined the Västgöta cavalry regiment as Rittmeister and in 1699 was captain of the Leibdragonerregiment, where he advanced to major at the outbreak of the Great Northern War in 1700 . He took part in the Battle of Narva (1700). In 1702 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the Skåne cavalry regiment. With this regiment he took part in the battles at Klissow (1702) and Pułtusk (1703). In 1704 he was promoted to colonel in the regiment and fought in the Battle of Punitz . It was captured by Russia near Poltava in 1709 , but was exchanged as early as 1710. In 1712 Örnestedt was promoted first to major general of the cavalry , then to lieutenant general. He was 1716 General, learned (presumably 1717), a rise in the Swedish baron on without Ritterhaus to have been introduces and was finally in 1718 Imperial Council , and in 1719 field marshal. Örnestedt received his farewell in 1723 and retired to his Skottorp Castle . He died in 1742 and was in the Church of Skummeslövs in Skottorp buried.

literature

• Gabriel Anrep : Svenska adelns ättartaflor. Volume 2, Stockholm 1864, p. 722 (Swedish)

Web links

• Adliga at Örnestedt nr 659 † on adelsvapen.com (= Gustaf Elgenstierna : Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor , Stockholm 1925–1936; Swedish).