Charles Emil Lewenhaupt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Emil Lewenhaupt

Swedish general

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1691

Place of Birth: Stockholm City, Sweden

Date of Death: 04-Aug-1743

Profession: military personnel, politician, diplomat

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Charles Emil Lewenhaupt

  • Charles Emil Lewenhaupt the Elder (28 March 1691 – 4 August 1743) was a Swedish general. Lewenhaupt was born to Count Carl Gustaf Löwenhaupt and Countess Amalia Königsmarck.
  • At the age of 16, he entered Dutch service where he was promoted to the rank of captain in 1709.
  • A year later he entered Swedish service.
  • He was promoted to lieutenant colonel and participated at the battle of Gadebusch in 1712. In 1720, Lewenhaupt married Beata Cronhielm.
  • The couple had one son, Charles Emil Lewenhaupt the Younger.
  • In 1722, he was promoted to major general.
  • At the Riksdag of the Estates of 1741, he was a factor in the decision to wage war against Imperial Russia, in what became the Russo-Swedish War of 1741–1743. Following the war, on 20 June 1743, Lewenhaupt was sentenced to death on grounds of poor performance and conduct in the war.
  • The execution was set to 20 July, and later postponed to 30 July.
  • Lewenhaupts' son and a small party managed to free him, but Lewenhaupt was re-arrested when aboard a vessel in the Stockholm archipelago bound for Danzig. On 4 August 1743, Lewenhaupt was decapitated at Norrtull in Stockholm.

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