Johann Adolf Clodt von Juergensburg
Johann Adolf Clodt von Jürgensburg (born August 5, 1658 in Elghammar ( Södermanland County ), † October 20, 1720 in Moscow ) was a Swedish lieutenant general and the last governor of Riga before the sovereignty of Livonia passed to Russia .
Life
Johann Adolf Clodt von Jürgensburg came from the German-Baltic noble family Clodt von Jürgensburg . His parents were the Swedish captain, Estonian district administrator and heir to Peuth in Estonia, as well as Jürgensburg and festivals in Livonia, Gustav Clodt von Jürgensburg (1621–1681) and Brita Stuart († 1668).
Johann Adolf began his career in the Swedish army as a cornet in Wolmar Wrangel's cavalry regiment. In 1675 he was ensign of the bodyguard , in 1677 he advanced to lieutenant in the bodyguard troops and in 1679 took his leave. In 1694 he was in the rank of lieutenant colonel in Nyland's infantry regiment again with the troops and was at the same time from 1694 to 1696 knight captain of the Estonian knighthood . In 1696 he moved to the position of district administrator. In 1702 he became a colonel in the Rigian Governor's Regiment and in 1706 he was promoted to major general of the infantry. He was the commandant in 1709 and vice-governor of Riga in 1710. With the surrender of Riga in 1710, Johann Adolf fell into Russian captivity and was taken to Moscow, where he died ten years later.
Already on February 15, 1714 Stockholm Johann Adolf was in the absence in the Swedish baron ennobled and transported shortly before his death to lieutenant general.
He was from his father's inheritance, Herr auf Peuth, the founder of the baronial Clodt von Jürgensburg family and was buried on March 14, 1722 in Reval in the Nikolaikirche on the resting place of his parents.
family
Johann Adolf Clodt von Jürgensburg entered the state of marriage twice. First on October 25, 1682 with Freiin Anna Margarethe von Lieven ad H. Parmel (1667–1704) and after two years of mourning on August 30, 1706 in Stockholm with Countess Juliana Christina Bonde af Björnö (1684–1758), who as a widow with Carl Adam von Stackelberg entered into another marriage.
Both marriages produced children:
- Anna Charlotta (1683-1750)
- Louise Juliane († 1704)
- Gustav Adolf (1692–1738), Swedish captain
- Johann Adolf (1700–1749), Swedish ensign
- Hedwig Eleonore (1700–1783)
- Carl Wilhelm (1707–1740), imperial captain
- Christian Benedict (1710–1734), Swedish major and commandant of Stralsund
- Gustav Nils (1712–1737), Swedish captain
literature
- Genealogical handbook of the Baltic knighthoods , part 2, 1.2: Estonia, Görlitz 1930, p. 40
- Johann Adolf Clodt von Juergensburg . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 189 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Svenskt biografiskt lexikon , Volume 8, Stockholm 1929, p. 653
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Johann Adolf Clodt von Jürgensburg. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Offspring Johann Adolf Clodt Von Jürgensburg on gedbas
- the baronial family Clodt Von Jürgensburg on adelsvapen.com (Swedish)
- Johann Adolf Clodt Von Jürgensburg on the pages of the Swedish National Archives (Swedish)
- JClodt-suku on sibelius.fi
Individual evidence
- ↑ Register of öfwer Swea rikes ridderskap , No. 126, pp. 145–146
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clodt von Juergensburg, Johann Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish Lieutenant General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1658 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elghammar ( Södermanland County ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1720 |
| Place of death | Moscow |