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Jan 24, 2024 · Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (15 April 1659, Copenhagen – 12 February 1719) was a Swedish general. Biography. Educated at Lund University, Rostock, Wittenberg and Uppsala, he originally pursued a career in the diplomatic arena, but found this occupation quite undesirable.
- Copenhagen
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Brita Dorotea Lewenhaupt
- April 15, 1659
But the Swedish offensive was stalled, in part because a vital supply train under Maj. Gen. Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt was inexplicably delayed. Winter was approaching and with it the end of good campaigning weather. Options were few, though fairly obvious and clear cut. The Swedish Army could try to find and ultimately link up with the supply train.
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Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, född 15 april 1659 i fältlägret utanför Köpenhamn, död 12 februari 1719 i Moskva, var en svensk greve, riksråd och general. Han var gift med sin kusin Brita Dorothea Lewenhaupt (1663–1730) och ägare till Johannesbergs slott i Gottröra.
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- Carl Magnus Stuart
- 1697–1703
- Karl XII
Aug 11, 2022 · A compilation of the memoirs of Swedish General Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt. This collects Enwäldets skadeliga påfölgder och aggets bittra frugter in its entirety in plaintext and the appendices published in the 1903 edition of Karolinska krigares dagböcker. See the foreword for further information.
LEWENHAUPT, lā′ven-houpt, Adam Ludvig (1659-1719). A Swedish general. A Swedish general. He was born near Copenhagen; studied at Upsala, Lund, Rostock, and Wittenberg; served in the Austrian army against the Turks, and under William III. in Holland; and in 1697 returned to Sweden.
The Battle of Gemauerthof took place during the Great Northern War, fought south of Riga near Jelgava, in present-day Latvia in July 1705. The Swedish forces under Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt fought a Russian army under Boris Sheremetev.