Samuel Stierneld

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Samuel Gustaf Stierneld , since 1751 Freiherr ( Swedish former ), (born December 26, 1700 in Dagerort , † February 4, 1775 in Skattmansö, Västmanland County ) was a Swedish field marshal .

Life

Baron's coat of arms Stierneld from 1751

Origin and family

Samuel was a member of the Swedish noble family Stierneld . His parents were the Swedish major and Lagman Lars Stierneld (1669-1721) and Anna Vendela, née Bloedysel (also: Blödisel; 1678-1704).

In 1726 he married Maria Charlotta, née Cronfelt (1703–1734), daughter of Chamber Councilor Joachim Cronfelt. He went into a second marriage in Stockholm in 1754 with Christina Birgitta, née Falker, widowed Silfverstråle (1723–1786). Both marriages produced a son. Samuel Gustaf (1726–1742) became regimental adjutant to the Livguard , Adolf Ludvig (1755–1835) became Lord Chamberlain and continued the tribe .

Stierneld was raised to the Swedish baron status in 1751 and introduced to the baron class of the Swedish knighthood in 1752 (No. 236). The baronial line he founded became male in 1868 and completely extinguished in 1916.

Career

Stierneld was initially a student in Uppsala before he became a page with the widow queen Hedwig Eleonora in 1714 . As his body page, he was also in the favor of Charles XII.

He began his career in the Swedish army in 1716 as a volunteer with the Livguard. As a sergeant he was also General Dücker's orderly officer and took part in the second campaign in Norway in the fight against Gyldenløve and the siege of Frederikshald . He was injured during the campaign by being hit by a cannonball.

In the War of the Polish Succession , Stierneld entered the French service and took part in the conquest of Philippsburg .

As a lieutenant in the Livguard, he was back in Swedish service in 1737. In the Reichstag from 1738 to 1741 he was a proponent of a renewed armed conflict with Russia . With the outbreak of war , he advanced to staff captain . From 1743 he was adjutant to the General en chef in Finland , Gustav Friedrich von Rosen . As the deputy of General Count Lewenhaupt , he led an embassy to Russia to negotiate a peace. He was promoted to captain in 1744 , became a lieutenant colonel in the Västmanland regiment in 1747, and in the same year he was also a colonel and commander . In 1748, Stierneld became a knight of the Order of the Sword .

Stierneld enjoyed the special trust of King Adolf Friedrich . In 1754 he became commander of the Order of the Sword. In the Seven Years War he captured Demmin and Anklam in 1758 . In the same year he rose to major general of the infantry. Then he was in command in Stralsund and on Rügen . In 1760 he led the Swedish troops in the liberation of the Klempenow Pass, where he lost his horse to grenade fire and was seriously injured again. In 1764 he was promoted to lieutenant general and in 1770 became chief of the Jämtland regiment. In 1772 he received the Grand Cross for the Order of the Sword and his promotion to General of the Infantry . He concluded his tour in 1773 when he received the rank of field marshal.

Stierneld was the hereditary lord on Skattmansö in the parish of Vittinge, Västmanland County. He died on his estate and was buried on February 10, 1775, first in the church in Vittinge, but then reburied in the grave chapel of his family in Swedish Stierneldska Gravkoret in 1777 after completion .

literature

  • Gabriel Anrep : Svenska adelns ättartaflor. Volume 4, Stockholm 1864, p. 175 (Swedish).
  • Samuel Stierneld . 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. 528-529 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Anders Anton von Stiernman: Matriculation öfwer Swea rikes ridderskap och adel. Stockholm 1754 pp. 201-202 (Swedish).
  2. ^ Gabriel Anrep: Svenska adelns ättartaflor. Volume 4, Stockholm 1864, p. 173 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ Stierneldska Gravkoret, Vittinge (Swedish); Vittinge kyrka (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Stierneld, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stierneld, Samuel Gustaf friherre (Swedish full name with title)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish field marshal
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1700
PLACE OF BIRTH There
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1775
Place of death Vittinge, Västmanland County