Carl Nieroth

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Count Carl Nieroth (* before 1670 on the Anttola estate near Mikkeli , Finland ; † January 25, 1712 in the parish of Pernå , Finland) was a Finnish-Swedish military. He was the Swedish Governor General of Finland from 1710 to 1712 .

Military career

Carl Nieroth was born in Finland. He came from the old Livonian noble family von Nieroth . His parents were the lieutenant colonel of the Swedish army Otto Nieroth and his wife Gertrud Baranoff .

Carl Nieroth served in the Swedish Army in Pomerania in the 1670s . In 1683 he was raised to the Swedish knighthood. In 1692 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Skåne cavalry and in 1700 to major general.

Great Northern War

With the outbreak of the Northern War in 1700, he was distinguished by great military skill. He participated in the daring landing on Zealand as part as the battles on the Western Dvina (1701), at Klissov (1702) and in Pultusk (1703).

1704 Nieroth became lieutenant general of the cavalry in the Swedish army. In 1705 he was the commander of the Swedish troops in Warsaw and oversaw the election of King Stanislaus . On July 21, 1705, Nieroth won the decisive victory over Saxon-Polish troops under the command of Otto Arnold Paykull and insurgents in the Battle of Rakowitz near Warsaw as the commander of the Scandinavian cavalry .

In 1705 Carl Nieroth returned to Sweden highly decorated. A year later he was appointed baron and count . He was entrusted with the position of commander for southern Sweden.

Finland

In 1710, the Swedish King Karl XII. Nieroth as the Swedish Governor General in Finland with extensive powers for the military and civilian leadership of the country. On September 23, 1710, he landed near Turku . He immediately had the fortifications expanded throughout the country and founded a people's militia.

After the loss of Vyborg to Russia , Nieroth received the military order to retake the city. In 1711, however, the siege failed due to a lack of equipment. Nieroth died surprisingly on January 25, 1712 in the parish of Pärnå .

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personal data
SURNAME Nieroth, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nieroth, Karl; Nieroth, Karl von; Nieroth, Carl Gustaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish military
DATE OF BIRTH before 1670
PLACE OF BIRTH at the Anttola estate near Mikkeli , Finland
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1712
Place of death Parish Pernaja , Finland