Lorentz Creutz the Elder
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Lorentz Creutz (called Lorentz Creutz the Elder ), (* 1615 in Dorpat in what is now Estonia , † June 1, 1676 during the naval battle near Öland ) was a Swedish baron and general admiral during the Scandinavian War .
Life
Lorentz Creutz came from the native nobility Creutz resident in Finland and was the son of Ernst Creutz the governor of Norrland , Österbotten and Västerbotten .
In 1639 Lorentz Creutz married the baroness Elsa Duwall (1620–1675), daughter of General James MacDougall . Creutz began his career in the Bergskollegium .
In 1649 he was appointed governor of Turku and Pori . Together with his brother he was raised to the baron status in 1654 . From 1655 to 1662 Creutz was governor of the province of Kopparbergs län . In 1660 he became a Swedish councilor. In addition to his function as governor, Creutz accompanied several civilian leadership positions. In 1673 he was appointed Reich Chamber Councilor.
In his function as chairman of the Troll Cathedral Commission (a commission for the prosecution and condemnation of alleged witches and wizards) he sentenced 15 men to death for witchcraft in Mora in August 1669 .
He was buried in the family vault of the Creutz family in Sarvlaks ( Finland ).
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Military career
Although Creutz had no military experience, he was made admiral general in 1675 and commander of the Swedish navy in the spring of 1676 . His flagship was the Kronan , the largest warship in the Swedish fleet at the time.
The admiral was killed in the sea battle at Öland . The flagship exploded during the battle without the intervention of the Danish fleet. 839 sailors died with the admiral, only 40 survived the accident. After the battle was over, the admiral's body was taken aboard a Swedish warship. He was identified from documents in his uniform pocket.
literature
- Creutz, Lorentz . 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. 194 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Jan Glete: Swedish Naval Administration, 1521-1721. Brill, Leiden 2010, ISBN 978-90-04-17916-5 .
- Magnus Gottfrid Schybergson: History of Finland. Nabu Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-279-08871-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Herman Hofberg u. a .: Creutz, Lorentz. In: Svenskt Biografiskt Lexicon
- ↑ Magnus Gottfrid Schybergson: History of Finland. 2012, p. 263.
- ↑ a b January Glete: Swedish Naval Administration, 1521-1721. 2010, p. 302.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Creutz, Lorentz the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Creutz, Lorentz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1615 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dorpat , Livonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1676 |
| Place of death | at Öland |