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Jacob Johan Anckarström (11 May 1762 – 27 April 1792) was a Swedish military officer who is known as the assassin of King Gustav III of Sweden. He was convicted and executed for regicide . Life [ edit ]
Jacob Johan Anckarström, född 11 maj 1762 på Lindö sätesgård i Vallentuna socken i Uppland, död 27 april 1792 på Galgbacken på Hammarbyhöjden i Stockholm ( avrättad ), var en svensk adelsman och militär, främst känd för att ha mördat kung Gustav III av Sverige under en maskeradbal på operahuset i Stockholm 1792.
Allegiance. Sweden. Years of service. 1745-1757. Children. 3 sons. Jacob Johan Anckarström the Elder (11 September 1729 – 6 April 1777) was a Swedish nobleman and colonel of the Anckarström family. He was a knight of the Order of the Sword (from 1761) and the Order of Vasa (from 1775) and the father of the regicide Jacob Johan Anckarström .
Other articles where Jacob Johan Anckarström is discussed: Gustav III: …Gustav was shot by Captain Jacob Johan Anckarström while attending the Stockholm opera house on March 16, 1792; the king died two weeks later.
Apr 27, 2010 · Posted on 27 April, 2010 by Headsman. On this date in 1792, Jacob Johan Anckarström lost his right hand and his center head for murdering Gustav III. Like some other nobles, this officer considered the “theater king” and enlightened despot Gustav III a, well, despot. Times being what they were, regicide was in order, to usher in an age of ...
Captain Jacob Johan Anckarström was a Swedish soldier and the assassin of Swedish King Gustav III. Anckarstrom was in the military from 1778 until 1783. On 16 March 1792, king Gustav III attended a masked ball at the royal opera house in Stockholm, Sweden. During dinner, Gustav received an anonymous letter containing a threat to his life.
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But the King was an autocrat, as well, and had shown it through a coup-d'etat and subsequent laws. A group of discontented noblemen therefore plotted to assassinate the King and to “restore order” in the country. The discharged Captain Johan Jacob Anckarström volunteered to be the murderer.
