Carl Gustaf Creutz

Carl Gustaf Creutz

Carl Gustaf Creutz (born January 25, 1660 in Falun , † March 2, 1728 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish baron and cavalry officer , most recently in the rank of major general .

family

Carl Gustaf was the youngest son of Lorentz Creutz the Elder and Elsa Jacob Duwall . He had two brothers, Lorentz Creutz and Johan Creutz.

Creutz married Sophia Christina Natt och Dag . She was the daughter of Gustav Persson , who resided at Haga Castle in Enköping . As a dowry , Sophia Christina brought the Täckhammar estate outside of Nyköping into the marriage. Carl Gustaf was given the name Baron von Täckhammar.

All of the couple's children were born on the estate. The son Lorentz also embarked on a military career and was in August 1708 in the bodyguard of Charles XII. called. With the death of Lorentz Creutz in 1733, the family branch of the Barons von Täckhammar died out.

The daughter Beata Sophia married Bengt Louis Steinbock . The second daughter, Eva Sophia, married Frederick Bengt Rosenhane. After the male line was extinguished, her son Schering Rosenhane took over the lands of Baron von Täckhammar and transferred the remains of Carl Gustaf and Sofia Christina from the burial church on the island of Riddarholmen to the Husby-Oppunda Church in Södermanland .

Military career

Creutz's military career was initially very slow. As a youth he had as a page at the court of King Charles XI. served. He was appointed captain of a cavalry regiment in 1691 . With the takeover of the regency by Charles XII. his career began to gain momentum. With the royal body regiment he took part in the landing on Zealand in 1700 . He distinguished himself at the Battle of Pechora and the Battle of the Daugava on July 8th and 9th, 1701 and was appointed major . It followed in 1701 the participation in the battle of Klissow . In 1703 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1704 raised to the rank of colonel . After the Battle of Kletsk in 1706, his chances of advancement increased even more. He had proven his leadership skills. For the victory at Kletsk he received words of praise from the king as well as being appointed major general of the cavalry.

Creutz commanded the cavalry in the Battle of Poltava in 1709. When he surrendered at Perevolochna, he went into Russian captivity .

After Count Piper died in 1716, Creutz became head of all Swedish prisoners in Russia. The correspondence between him and his wife from this period contains many historically valuable facts about their situation.

In 1722 he was able to return home and take command of the newly established body regiment on horseback.

He took part in a total of 16 battles.

estate

His personal letters to his wife are of great historical value for posterity. Some of them are published in the yearbooks of the Karolinska Association.

literature

• Peter Englund: The Battle That Shook Europe: Poltava and the Birth of the Russian Empire. London 2006.
• Carl Axel Georg Braunerhjelm: Kungl. lifregementets till häst historia: utarbetad efter samlingar af OMF Björnstjerna och CA Klingspor. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1912-1922. 7 volymer.
• Svenskt Biografiskt Lexicon, articles Carl Gustaf Creutz.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Englund p. 265