Carl Johan Adlercreutz

Count Carl Johan Adlercreutz (born April 27, 1757 in Borgå , Finland , † August 21, 1815 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish lieutenant general .

Life

He joined the army in 1770. When the Swedish-Russian war broke out from 1788 to 1790 he was a captain, but a few years later he received a regiment. When Russia attacked Finland in February 1808, which triggered the Russo-Swedish War from 1808 to 1809, he was promoted to brigade chief and took part in the battles at Siikajoki (April 18) and Savolax (April 28 in southeastern Finland under Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor ) ), led the withdrawal of the Swedish army to Uleåborg , caused by the overwhelming strength of the Russians, and defeated the Russian general Ivan Jankowitsch de Miriewo (Иван Фёдорович Янкович-де-Мириево) near Nykarleby on June 24th . But after he was defeated on September 2 at Kuortane and on September 14 at Oravais by the Russians under Nikolai Mikhailovich Kamensky , he was forced to retreat to Nykarleby.

After his return to Sweden, he was held in high regard for his bravery and patriotism, which he had shown in the Finnish war . Because of the trust of the people, it was he who led the revolt against King Gustav IV Adolf . On March 13, 1809, he arrested the king, who was later deposed by the Reichstag. The new king, Karl XIII. , then made him lieutenant general . In 1813 he served in the Northern Army under the Crown Prince as Chief of the General Staff . After he had participated in the short campaign to Norway in 1814 , he was raised to the rank of count .

Carl Johan Adlercreutz died on August 21, 1815.

Johan Ludvig Runeberg set Adlercreutz a literary monument in the poem Adlercreutz from the famous collection of poems Ensign Stahl .

family

Adlercreutz first married in 1792 with baroness Henrietta Amalia von Stackelberg (1771–1796), then went into a second marriage in 1798 as a widower with Margareta von Engeström, daughter of Gustaf von Engeström .

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