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Lars Kagg

1595 – 1661

Swedish Field Marshal

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About Lars Kagg

Lived 1595 – 1661 (aged 66). Lars Kagg was a Swedish politician, military personnel, military officer and general field marshal.

Lars Kagg (1 May 1595 – 19 November 1661) was a Swedish count and military officer. He was a political ally of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, a member of the Privy Council of Sweden and Field Marshal during the Thirty Years' War.

Kagg was born at the Kiellstorp estate in Örslösa parish in Skaraborg, now Västra Götaland County. He was the son of Chamberlain Nils Mathisson Kagg. In 1609, at the age of fourteen, he was taken to the court of King Charles IX of Sweden, where he formed a lifelong relationship with Crown Prince Gustav Adolph.

In 1626, he became deputy governor of Narva and Ivangorod in Swedish Ingria. In 1628, he became colonel of in the Jönköping infantry regiment. In 1631, he became commander in Brandenburg an der Havel and Spandau. In 1632, he became governor of the city of Magdeburg. In August 1645, during the Torstenson War, he led a bombardment of Bohus Fortress. He was made Lord High Constable of Sweden in 1660.

In 1647, Kagg acquired Kaggeholms gård, an estate on the island of Helgö situated in Lake Mälaren, today the site of Kaggeholm Castle (Kaggeholms slott).

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Swedish Field Marshal

When was Lars Kagg born?

Lars Kagg was born on 1 May 1595 in Västergötland.

When did Lars Kagg die?

Lars Kagg died on 19 November 1661.

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Lars Kagg was a politician, military personnel, military officer and general field marshal.

What nationality was Lars Kagg?

Lars Kagg was Swedish.

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· Wikipedia: Lars Kagg

· Wikidata: Q3808827

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