Jakob Bagge

Jakob Tordsson Bagge (born May 1502 in Halland Sweden , † January 14, 1577 in Stockholm ) was a Norwegian naval officer and admiral in the Swedish Navy . After the elevation to the Swedish baron class , the noble family was called " Bagge von Boo ".

Life

Jakob Tordsson Bagge was the son of the Norwegian nobleman Thord Olofsson Bagge and his wife Ingeborg Jakobsdotter. Bagges first military probation took place during the military clashes of the count feud of 1534-1536. In 1542/1543 he was involved in the successful suppression of the Dacke uprising in the historic province of Småland in Sweden.

Commemorative medal for Bagge and the sea battle near Bornholm in 1563

He was considered the most experienced Swedish admiral in the 1550s. In the Three Crowns War he led the Swedish fleet against the allied fleets of Denmark and Lübeck . On May 30, 1563, there was a first sea battle against the Danish admiral Brockenhuus in the central Baltic Sea near the island of Bornholm .

In the following year, 1564, on May 30th, the (first) sea battle of the war between the islands of Öland and Gotland between a fleet consisting of 21 Danish ships of the line and five smaller units under the Danish admiral Herluf Trolle and reinforced by six Lübeck ships of the line under the councilor and Admiral Friedrich Knebel . Bagge commanded a formation of 16 large Swedish ships. The Lübeckers under Knebel, allied with the Danes, managed to board Bagge's flagship Makelös and capture Bagge and his deputy Arved Trolle . The Makelös sank in an explosion shortly after boarding . The Swedish command in the further clashes of the Three Crowns War was given to Admiral Claus Horn .

After the end of his captivity in Copenhagen , Jakob Bagge was commandant of the palace in Stockholm until his death.

Family and offspring

Jakob Bagge came from the Scandinavian-Baltic aristocratic family Bagge von Boo . His grandfather, Olaf Knutson Bagge, moved from Norway to the Swedish province of Halland in the mid-15th century . His father was Tord Olafsön Bagge († 1534), who was married to the Norwegian noblewoman Ingeborg Jakobsdotter. Jakob was married to Anna Jönsdotter, from this marriage the following descendants grew:

Johann Bagge (1548? - 1636), Swedish admiral, married. with Marta Eriksdotter († 1604),
- Erik married with Brita Lind, moved to Germany
  - Erich Bagge von Boo († 1698) founded the Baltic line in Livonia
Jakob Bagge the Younger (1538–1611), governor and admiral, married. with Margarete Johannsdotter († 1615)
Catharina († 1611), married. with Arent Carlsson

Honors

In Stockholm are Baggensfjärden , Baggensstäket and Baggensgatan named after him.
The Swedish Navy named the torpedo cruiser Jacob Bagge after him.

literature

Antjekathrin Graßmann (Ed.): Lübeckische Geschichte , 1989, ISBN 3-7950-3203-2
Hermann Kirchhoff: Sea power in the Baltic Sea II. Volume: Your influence on the history of the Baltic countries in the 19th century. In addition to an appendix on the prehistory of the Baltic Sea. Kiel 1908, pp. 286–289 digitized

Web links

Commons : Jacob Bagge - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ January Glete, Swedish Naval Administration, 1521-1721: Resource Flows and Organizational Capabilities ( BRILL , 2010), ISBN 978-9004179165 , p. 617. (digitized version)

personal data
SURNAME	Bagge, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bagge, Jakob Tordsson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Norwegian naval officer and admiral in the Swedish Navy
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1502
PLACE OF BIRTH	Norway
DATE OF DEATH	January 14, 1577
Place of death	Stockholm

[1] January Glete, Swedish Naval Administration, 1521-1721: Resource Flows and Organizational Capabilities ( BRILL , 2010), ISBN 978-9004179165 , p. 617. (digitized version)