Carl Gustaf Creutz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swedish general
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Place of Birth: Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
About Carl Gustaf Creutz
- Carl Gustaf Creutz (1660-1728) was a Swedish general. Carl Gustaf Creutz was the youngest son of Lorentz Creutz Sr.
- and Elsa Jacob Daughter Duwall. He served as a page of Charles XI and experienced the Scanian War.
- By 1691 he was a captain in the Household Cavalry Regiment under Charles XII.
- The Great Northern War began in 1700 and Creutz landing in Zealand.
- He distinguished himself at the battles of Petschora and Kletsh (in present-day Poland).
- Promotions to major and lieutenant colonel then came quickly.
- Creutz became a colonel in 1704.
- The Battle of Poltava in 1709 brought Creutz command of the entire cavalry.
- However, he had to surrender soon after Perevolotnya.
- After Count Piper's death, he was the senior Swedish prisoner in Russia, of which his extant correspondence bears visible witness.
- In 1722, he was able to return to Sweden and service in the cavalry.
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