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Count Magnus Stenbock (22 May 1665 – 23 February 1717) was a Swedish field marshal ( Fältmarskalk) and Royal Councillor. A commander of the Carolean Army during the Great Northern War, he was a prominent member of the Stenbock family.
Magnus Stenbock, the Swedish aristocrat and war hero, lived his life in pursuit of honour. Yet, as Andreas Marklund reveals, he died in disgrace, broken by the schemes of a cunning spy.
Count Magnus Stenbock (22 May 1665 – 23 February 1717) was a Swedish field marshal ( Fältmarskalk) and Royal Councillor. A commander of the Carolean Army during the Great Northern War, he was a prominent member of the Stenbock family.
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Magnus Stenbock, född 12 maj 1665 i Jakobs församling i Stockholm, död 23 februari 1717 i Köpenhamn, var en svensk greve och militär. Han var en av befälhavarna inom den karolinska armén under det stora nordiska kriget och en framträdande gestalt inom Stenbocksätten.
Magnus Stenbock. Magnus Stenbock was the son of Count Gustaf Otto Stenbock. He was appointed governor-general of Scania in 1707. Three years later, in 1710, he was triumphant when he defeated a Danish army at Helsingborg during the Great Nordic War.
The Battle of Helsingborg was the last major engagement of the Great Northern War to take place on Swedish soil, and resulted in a decisive victory of a Swedish force of 14,000 men under the command of Magnus Stenbock against a Danish force of equal strength under the command of Jørgen Rantzau, ensuring that Denmark's final effort to regain the ...
Magnus Stenbock was the son of Count Gustaf Otto Stenbock. He was appointed governor-general of Scania in 1707. In 1710 he was triumphant when he defeated a Danish army at Helsingborg during the Great Nordic War. Statuette of Frederik IV.
