George of Bistram

Family coat of arms of the Estonian branch of the noble von Bistram family

Georg von Bistram , also Jürgen von Bistram (* 1624 , † 1687 ) was the progenitor of the Estonian branch of the noble von Bistram family , he was the lord of Riesenberg and Rumm , royal Swedish general of the cavalry and district administrator .

In the Northern War

In the Northern War from 1674 to 1679, during the hunt across the Curonian Lagoon , in autumn 1678, the Swedes arrived at the assembly point near Riga . The Swedish army consisted of about 4,000 cavalrymen , 2,000 dragoons and 3,600 infantrymen . The Swedish generals consisted of the following people:

Field Marshal General Henrik Henriksson Horn af Marienborg
Lieutenant General of the Finnish Cavalry Otto Wilhelm von Fersen
Lieutenant General of the Cavalry Count von Wittenberg
Lieutenant General of the Infantry Hans von Fersen
Sergeant General of the Cavalry Georg von Bistram and
Sergeant General of the Infantry Berend Karl von Wangelin

Origin and family

His father was Friedrich von Bistram (* around 1587; † around 1653), heir to Neu-Born and princely administrator of Neugut and Schwarden, he was married to Catharina von Grotthuss . Georg was the master of Riesenberg, had been legitimized by the revalsche matriculation commission and married to Anna Elisabeth von Taube , the heiress of Riesenberg and Rumm. Her descendants were Bengt Heinrich (1667-1724) and Christopher Heinrich (1668-1739).

literature

August Wilhelm Hupel, Nordische Miscellaneen , Volumes 18-19, Verlag Hartknoch, 1789, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , digitized July 18, 2011, p. 52/53 [5]
Stavenhagen, Oskar: Genealogical Handbook of the Courland Knights , Vol .: 1, Görlitz, [1939], p. 504 [6] ,

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Individual evidence

↑ Compare: August Wilhelm Hupel , Nordische Miscellaneen , volumes 18-19, Verlag Hartknoch, 1789, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , digitized July 18, 2011, p. 52/53 [1]
↑ George (Jürgen) v. Bistram. In: Oskar Stavenhagen : Genealogical Handbook of the Courland Knights , Vol .: 1, Görlitz, [1939], p. 504 [2]
↑ Compare: Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch , Livländische Jahrbücher. From 1630 to 1710. Appendix from 1698 to 1710 , Verlag Johann Friederich Hartknoch, 1782, p. 184 [3]
↑ The same first got hold of the Riesenberg estate in Estonia. In: The Hof zum Riesenberg Ehstland estates and their owners at the time of the Swedish rule are listed according to reliable handwritten sources [4]

personal data
SURNAME	Bistram, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bistram, Jürgen von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish general
DATE OF BIRTH	1624
DATE OF DEATH	1687

[1] Compare: August Wilhelm Hupel , Nordische Miscellaneen , volumes 18-19, Verlag Hartknoch, 1789, original from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , digitized July 18, 2011, p. 52/53 [1]

[2] George (Jürgen) v. Bistram. In: Oskar Stavenhagen : Genealogical Handbook of the Courland Knights , Vol .: 1, Görlitz, [1939], p. 504 [2]

[3] Compare: Friedrich Konrad Gadebusch , Livländische Jahrbücher. From 1630 to 1710. Appendix from 1698 to 1710 , Verlag Johann Friederich Hartknoch, 1782, p. 184 [3]

[4] The same first got hold of the Riesenberg estate in Estonia. In: The Hof zum Riesenberg Ehstland estates and their owners at the time of the Swedish rule are listed according to reliable handwritten sources [4]