Gustaf Adam Taube

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Family coat of arms of the noble family "von Taube" (Baltic Wappenbuch 1882)

Gustaf Adam Taube ( German : Gustav Adam von Taube ; * December 1, 1673 , † October 14, 1732 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish Imperial Councilor and Field Marshal .

Life

Taube came from the baron Estonian line Kudding of the German-Baltic noble family von Taube . His parents were the Swedish Major General and Governor General in Ingermanland Jakob Johan Taube , Freiherr auf Kudding (1624–1695) and Freiin Maria Horn af Marienborg (1642–1695), daughter of the Swedish Field Marshal and Governor General Baron Gustaf Evertsson Horn .

He began his career as Kornet in 1684 . In 1689 he was a lieutenant in the garrison regiment in Stade and in 1700 he became an adjutant of the Swedish cavalry general in the army in Livonia . In 1703 he led a rank colonel as head of a dragoon regiment, 1710, he joined the Östgöta Cavalry Regiment, three months later for Skåne Dragoons, then was promoted in 1711 to lieutenant general and was 1712 Pomerania added. He was employed as governor of Wismar in 1713, before moving to Stockholm in the following year in the same position.

Taube took part in the Great Northern War on the Swedish side , was briefly imprisoned near Poltava after being wounded in the arm, but was already back in the field before Helsingborg . In 1718 he was appointed to the imperial council, on April 17, 1719 he was raised to the rank of Swedish count and on June 19, 1719 promoted to the rank of field marshal. Taube was also appointed Governor General of Estonia in 1719 - but never took office. In 1732 he was briefly the owner of Krapperup Castle .

family

Taube was married to Anna Dorothea von Fersen (1670–1752), a half-sister of Count Reinhold Johan von Fersen . The marriage resulted in three daughters and one son:

  1. Anna Charlotta Taube (1696–1728) ⚭ 1727 Robert Muhl (1683–1760), Swedish lieutenant general
  2. Anna Magdalena Taube (1697–1770) ⚭ 1722 Baron Bernd Wilhelm von Lieven (1685–1771), Swedish lieutenant general
  3. Hans Heinrich Taube von Kudding (1698–1766), Swedish adjutant general and court marshal ⚭ 1721 baroness Barbara Fredrika von Albedyll
  4. Johanna Taube (1702–1773) ⚭ 1724 Johan Georg Schmiterlöw (1686–1729), Swedish colonel

The Count's line he donated was introduced under No. 62 to the Count's class of the Swedish knighthood , but became extinct in the male line around 1900 .

literature

  • Gustaf Adam Taube . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 587-588 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Gustaf Adam Taube . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 28 : Syrten-vikarna – Tidsbestämning . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1919, Sp. 524-525 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
  • Gustaf Elgenstierna : The introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor. → Friherrliga atten Taube af Kudding, nr 66; Grevliga at pigeon, nr 62.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anders Anton von Stiernman: Matrikel öfwer Swea rikes ridderskap och adel, uppå des begäran wid 1751. Stockholm 1754, p. 47.
  2. ↑ Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor , no.1351 .
  3. ↑ Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor , no.1768 .
personal data
SURNAME Dove, Gustaf Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taube, Gustav Adam from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish Imperial Councilor and Field Marshal
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1673
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1732
Place of death Stockholm