Johan Abraham Lillie

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Johan Abraham Lillie af Aspenäs (born December 2, 1675 in Hjärtared (Tvärreds socks in the historic Swedish province of Älvsborgs län ), † October 9, 1761 in Hjärtared) was a Swedish baron and colonel in the Great Northern War .

family

Johan Abraham Lillie af Aspenäs was born in 1675 as the son of Captain Bengt af Lillie Aspenäs and his wife Märta Kafle.

In 1706 he married Ulrika Eleonora Hierta (* 1681 in Asstorp ; † 1761 in Hjärtared), a daughter of Major General Lars Hierta, and his first wife Magdalena Uggla.

Children:

  • Claes (* 1708; † 1764), royal chamberlain
  • Metta Magdalena (* 1709 in Bjärka; † in Härna), married to Major Johan Gustaf Natt och Dag
  • Catharina Ebba (born October 6, 1710 - † April 4, 1711 in Sjögården)
  • Hedvig Margareta (born December 1, 1712 in Sjögården, † September 18, 1786 in Hjärtared), married to Lieutenant Colonel Mattias Björnberg
  • Anna Catharina (* 1715 near Örby; † January 12, 1718 ibid)
  • Maria Benedikta (born August 9, 1717 in Bjärka, † February 20, 1796 in Hällstorp), married to Major and Baron Gustaf Erik Fleetwood
  • Bengt (born February 2, 1719 in Bjärka, † February 11, 1719 in the hands of his father)
  • Ulrika Eleonora (born May 1, 1721 in Örby; † January 27, 1784), married to Captain Johan Gustaf Utter
  • Lars (born June 1, 1723 in Hjärtared; † May 30, 1725 ibid)

Military career

As a volunteer in 1692 joined Lillie in the garrison regiment of Malmo one. In 1693 he was assigned to the body regiment on foot. In early 1700 he was promoted to sergeant in the Älvsborg infantry regiment. In July 1700 he was appointed ensign and in 1701 promoted to lieutenant. In 1703 Lillie was appointed quartermaster in this regiment . He was appointed captain in 1704 and major in 1710.

Lille was distinguished by bravery and courage during the Battle of Helsingborg in February 1710.

In the battle of Gadebusch he continued his regiment after the death of the regimental commander Colonel Baron Fleetwood. For this brave demeanor during the battle, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel. After the surrender of the Swedish general Magnus Stenbock and the end of the siege of Tönning, he went into Danish captivity .

On his return in 1716 he was appointed temporary commandant of Nya Elfsborg in the port of Gothenburg . In 1719 he successfully defended the fortress against the attack of the Danish captain Peter Wessel Tordenskiold . Although the losses of the fortress garrison were devastating and the fortress was badly damaged, he responded to the Danish request for the surrender of the fortress: Better to be brought back to Gothenburg as a dead Lillie than to be a living Henrich Danckwardt. (Henrich Danckwardt was the commandant of Marstrand, he handed the fortress over to the Danes. He was sentenced to loss of honor, property and life and was executed by cutting off his head in 1720.)

This attitude brought Lillie a lot of recognition and she was raised to the baron status in gratitude . Introduced in 1720 under the number 168. In 1719 he was appointed commander of Gothenburg and in 1720 commander of Vaxholm Fortress .

In 1722 he was promoted to colonel. Six years later, Lillie was appointed commander of the Älvsborg Infantry Regiment, the regiment of his home province.

Lillie died in Hjärtared on October 19, 1738. He was buried with his wife and four of his children in the church of Tvärred ( Ulricehamn parish ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e The introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor
  2. ↑ Noble family of Lillie af Aspenäs No. 109
  3. ↑ a b c Svensk uppslagsbok
  4. ↑ Berättelser ur svenska historien
  5. ↑ Lillie af Aspenäs No. 168

literature

personal data
SURNAME Lillie, Johan Abraham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish baron and colonel in the Swedish army
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1675
PLACE OF BIRTH Hjärtared
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1761
Place of death Hjärtared