George Bogislaus Staël of Holstein

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George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein (born December 6, 1685 in Narva , † December 17, 1763 in Malmö ) was a Swedish baron and field marshal .

family

George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein was born on December 6, 1685 as the son of Lieutenant Colonel Johan Staël von Holstein and Julia Helena von der Pahlen.

During his captivity in Russia in 1710 he married Countess Ingeborg Christina Horn af Rantzien, a daughter of the Privy Council and Field Marshal Henning Rudolf Horn von Rantzien , who was captured by the Russians with his daughters.

In 1722, Staël von Holstein planned a wedding with Sofia Elisabeth Ridderschantz. However, the wedding was canceled because his wife Ingeborg returned from Russia, where she was still being held. In 1731 Staël von Holstein was raised to the baron status.

In 1761, when his first wife died, Staël married Sofia Elisabeth Ridderschantz. The daughter of George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein, Anna Helena Juliana, died at the age of five. With that, this branch of the aristocratic family Staël von Holstein died out.

Military career

Staël von Holstein began his military career on February 20, 1700 as a volunteer in the Swedish Life Guard. He was promoted to sergeant in the artillery in 1701 . As a result, Staël von Holstein became a cornet in the Dragoon Regiment of the Ingermanland province , which was under the command of Otto Vellingk . He took part in the campaigns in Livonia against the Russian and Saxon armies. In 1702 he was promoted to lieutenant and a year later to captain in the infantry regiment of Adam de la Gardie . The regiment was deployed in 1704 to liberate the city ​​of Narva , which was besieged by Russian troops . In April he was appointed commander of the regiment's grenadier company.

The Swedish attack failed and Staël von Holstein was captured. He was held in prison camps in Siberia and later near Moscow. In 1711 Staël von Holstein succeeded in being exchanged for a Russian officer. His wife, their sisters and his father-in-law were not allowed to leave Russia. After his return, Staël von Holstein was on the direct orders of the Swedish King Karl XII. who was in Bender, was sent to the Skaraborg Regiment.

In 1713 Staël was promoted to lieutenant colonel and in 1715 he marched with the Skaraborg regiment to Scania . Two years later he was made a colonel . In 1718 he took part with his regiment in the campaign against Norway and took part in the siege of Frederikshald .

1719 the Skaraborg regiment was in Gothenburg in garrison . The attack by the Danish captain Peter Wessel Tordenskiold on the fortress Nya Elfsborg was repulsed with all his might by his commander Johan Abraham Lillie . The Artillery Division of the Skaraborg Regiment began a counterattack on the Danish fleet on July 24th. They were so surprised by the strong artillery fire from land that the fleet withdrew and the attack was repulsed.

In 1720 Staël took leave of the Swedish army and served in the following years under Duke Karl Friedrich von Holstein . He was its major general and commander of the bodyguard.

In 1733 Staël von Holstein was appointed colonel and commandant of Kalmar Castle. A year later to the governor of Kalmar.

Staël was appointed major general in 1734 . In 1742 he was one of the leaders of the Mössorna political group .

In 1743 Staël von Holstein was promoted to lieutenant general. He was also made Knight of the Royal Order of Seraphines . In 1754 he was appointed governor of Malmöhus län and commandant of Malmö . He held this position until death.

In 1757 Staël was appointed field marshal.

In civil life

In 1737 Staël established a textile factory in Kalmar. In 1741 he founded a glassworks together with the governor of Kronoberg län Anders Koskull Kosta . Staël later bought a large estate in the Halland province as his headquarters. This is located near Vapnö near Halmstad and is still owned by the family.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Gustaf Elgenstierna: Den introducerade adelns ättatavlor 7. Stockholms Släktforskarförbund 1998
  2. ↑ Sveriges Nobility Calendar 2006
  3. ^ A b Peter von Möller and Anders Kallenberg: Halländska herrgårdar. 1871, p. 72 ( digitized version )
  4. ↑ Svensk biografiskt handlexikon
  5. ↑ Landshövding i Kalmar län 1728
  6. ↑ www.wapno.se
personal data
SURNAME Staël von Holstein, George Bogislaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish field marshal and governor
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1685
PLACE OF BIRTH Narva
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1763
Place of death Malmo