About Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt
Lived 1619 – 1656 (aged 36). Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt was a Swedish politician, governor, major general, count, commander-in-chief and general field marshal.
Count Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt (aka Löwenhaupt; 1619–1656) was a Swedish soldier and statesman.
He was appointed Major General in 1645, Privy Councilor in 1650, General in 1651, Field Marshal, in 1655 and Governor General of Riga, in 1656. In the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) he commanded troops at the Battle of Breitenfeld (First Battle of Leipzig), in 1642.
Queen Christina of Sweden promised him the Himmelpforten Convent with all its revenues, and on 30 July/ 9 August 1651O.S./N.S. he was invested with the convent as a fief heritable in the male line (Mannlehen). In the course of the Great Reduction of 1680 in the following year the general government of Swedish Bremen-Verden revoked the enfeoffment to the Lewenhaupt/Löwenhaupt counts, so that Lewenhaupt's son Gustaf Mauritz (1651–1700) lost Himmelpforten again to the Swedish crown.
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Who was Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt?
Swedish general (1619-1656)
When was Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt born?
Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt was born on 24 December 1619 in Västra Ed.
When did Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt die?
Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt died on 29 November 1656 in Sosnovo.
What was Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt's occupation?
Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt was a politician, governor, major general, count, commander-in-chief and general field marshal.
What nationality was Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt?
Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt was Swedish.
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