This article will be permanently flagged as inappropriate and made unaccessible to everyone. Are you certain this article is inappropriate? Excessive Violence Sexual Content Political / Social
Email Address:
Article Id: WHEBN0002987730 Reproduction Date:
Count Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld (6 August 1651 – 29 January 1722) was a Swedish Field Marshal under the command of King Karl XII of Sweden. Despite being choleric and irritable, Rehnskiöld's military skills made him the chief military adviser and second-in-command to King Karl and earned him the epithet the "Parmenio of the Northern Alexander."
Rehnskiöld was born in Stralsund, the son of Gerd Antoni Rehnskiöld and Birgitta Torskeskål.
During his life, he played an important role in the Great Northern War. He commanded at the Battle of Fraustadt, after which King Karl XII made him a Field Marshal and Count. Highlights of his career include a highly successful campaign against Poland from 1701-1703, and the disastrous Ukrainian campaign which ended with the Battle of Poltava in 1709. The battle was a catastrophe for the Swedish army and Rehnskiöld was captured by the Russians. He remained in Russian captivity until 1718.
Swedish language, European Union, Finland, Denmark, Lithuania
Turkey, General, Douglas MacArthur, Portugal, World War II
Plutarch, Philip II of Macedon, Ancient Greece, India, Herodotus
Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, Great Northern War, Ottoman Empire
Russia, Narva, Sweden, Great Northern War, Cannon
Sweden, Russia, Kingdom of Great Britain, Electorate of Saxony, Russian Empire