Jacob Johann von Wulffen

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Jacob Johann von Wulffen (born November 25, 1623 in Riga , Swedish-Livonia , † June 20, 1678 ) was the Royal Swedish Lieutenant General and Governor of Stettin .

He led the defense of the Swedish garrison of Szczecin during the Siege of Szczecin (1677) . From Wulffen took as a regiment on the Swedish invasion in the Mark Brandenburg and the Battle of Fehrbellin part.

His father was Colonel Sergeant Paul von Wulfen. On November 23, 1674, he sold the Zarnikau estate, which his father had bought in 1627. He was also the heir to Rosenfelde , Höckendorf and Steckelin.

Von Wulffen married Anna Hedwig von der Osten (1641–1676) in 1660.

literature

  • Johann Jakob von Wulffen, Swedish Lieutenant General and Commander of Schwerin, ( Pomeranian Yearbooks Vol. 13, published by the Rügisch-Pommerschen Geschichtsverein, Greifswald 1912), 144ff

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