Lorentz Creutz
Swedish baron, county governor and admiral-general
About Lorentz Creutz
Lived 1615 – 1676 (aged 60–61). Lorentz Creutz was a Swedish civil servant, soldier and politician.
Lorentz Creutz (; 16151 June 1676) was a Swedish friherre (roughly equivalent to a baron), government administrator, county governor (landshövding) of Kopparberg County (1655–1662), member of the Privy Council and supreme commander of the Swedish navy for a few months in 1676.
He successfully served as an administrator in the Treasury in later years and was appointed as navy commander in early 1676 during the Scanian War. However, his complete lack of naval military experience combined with the generally poor state of the Swedish fleet led to his death on Kronan, the flagship of the navy, at the battle of Öland on 1 June 1676.
Creutz married the friherrinna (roughly baroness) Elsa Duwall (1620–1675), daughter of general Jakob MacDougall (ennobled as "Duvall") and Anna von der Berge.
Children
Carl Gustaf Creutz
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Who was Lorentz Creutz?
Swedish baron, county governor and admiral-general (1615-1676)
When was Lorentz Creutz born?
Lorentz Creutz was born in 1615 in Tartu.
When did Lorentz Creutz die?
Lorentz Creutz died on 1 June 1676 in Öland.
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Lorentz Creutz was a civil servant, soldier and politician.
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Lorentz Creutz was Swedish.
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