Johan Gyllenborg

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Johan Gyllenborg, portrait from 1747

Count Johan Gyllenborg (born September 29, 1682 in Uppsala , † May 23, 1752 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish military and imperial councilor .

Life

Johan Gyllenborg came from the Swedish noble family Gyllenborg and was a son of the Swedish count Jakob Gyllenborg and a brother of Olof and Carl Gyllenborg . He studied at Uppsala University and in 1700, like his brother, was its rector illustris . In 1701 he joined the army and began his career as a cornet in the dragoon regiment of the former Uppland province under the command of General Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt , to whom he was adjutant in the victory at Gemauerthof (1705) and the defeat at Lesnaja (1708) . In the even more severe defeat at Poltava (1709), he escaped from Russian captivity, but later had to surrender on the Dnieper . He and his comrades were first taken to Moscow , where he had to serve as a decoration for the triumphal procession of Tsar Peter the Great and then he was sent to Simbirsk and from there to Solikamsk in Siberia .

During the peace negotiations in Åland , the Tsar's ban on the extradition of prisoners was not mentioned. It was only after his brother Carl was used that Gyllenborg was freed and returned to his fatherland in 1719. Here he was immediately appointed adjutant general , but initially did not get any further than lieutenant colonel in an Austrian infantry regiment. However, when his brother Carl came to power in 1739, his position also changed; he was appointed Imperial Councilor in 1741 and Chancellor of Lund University in 1742 . He died in Stockholm on May 23, 1752 at the age of 69.

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SURNAME Gyllenborg, Johan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish military and imperial council
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1682
PLACE OF BIRTH Uppsala
DATE OF DEATH May 23, 1752
Place of death Stockholm