Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg

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Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg, portrait by Johan Henrik Scheffel (1760)

Mathias Alexander Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg ( Swedish Mattias Alexander formerly Ungern-Sternberg ; * March 3 July / March 13,  1689 greg. In Stockholm ; † January 2, 1763 ) was a Swedish field marshal and land marshal .

Life

Origin and family

Mattias Alexander belonged to the family of the Barons von Ungern-Sternberg . His parents were the Swedish Lieutenant General Nils Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg (1654–1721) and his wife Christina Beatrix, née Palbitzki (1661–1696). Thus, on his mother's side, the Swedish diplomat Matthias Palbitzki (1623–1677) was his grandfather and the Swedish lieutenant general Erik Carlsson Sjöblad (1647–1725) his uncle. In 1722 he married Beata Sophia, née Countess Mörner af Morlanda (1690–1773), a daughter of Field Marshal Carl Mörner af Morlanda (1658–1721). Six children were born from his marriage. His line died out in Sweden in 1826.

Career

Ungern-Sternberg joined the Swedish army as a volunteer in 1704 and served in the Admiralty in 1705. He then said goodbye for the time being to fight first on the French , then in 1707 on the Dutch side in the War of the Spanish Succession . Here he took part in the battle of Oudenaarde and Malplaquet , where he was captured in 1709. Back in Swedish service, he took part in the Great Northern War and was able to distinguish himself as leader of a company of dragoons at the Battle of Helsingborg in 1710 . As the captain of the Leib-Dragoons, he became adjutant to Field Marshal Carl Mörner af Morlanda (1658–1721) in the campaigns against Norway in 1712 . In 1719 he advanced to major and in 1728 moved to the body regiment on horseback. Here he rose to lieutenant colonel in 1731 and took part in the Russo-Swedish War in 1741 . He was appointed Land Marshal in 1742 and remained so until 1743, but was also able to fill this position in the subsequent legislature from 1746 to 1747. Here he led the Mössparti . As early as 1743 he was promoted to colonel and in 1745 became commander of the Leib regiment. In 1747 he rose to lieutenant general of the cavalry and in 1751 to general of the cavalry . He received the Order of Seraphine in 1748 . Finally he was appointed field marshal in 1753. During the Seven Years' War he was Commander-in-Chief of the 16,000 Swedish troops in Pomerania and after the Peace of Hamburg in 1762 became Inspector General of the Army . He then retired to his Äs estate in Södermanland , where he died. Ungern-Sternberg was buried in the Julita Church there.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood , Volume 1, Görlitz [1931], p. 444.
  2. ^ Gabriel Anrep : Svenska adelns ättartaflor. Volume 4, Stockholm 1864, pp. 503-505.
  3. ^ Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 815 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Ungern-Sternberg, Mattias Alexander von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ungern-Sternberg, Mathias Alexander von (German)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish field marshal and land marshal
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1689
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1763