For the 19th century zoologist, see Axel Gustaf Gyllenkrok. For the Swedish Olympian, see Axel Gyllenkrok (sport shooter).
Swedish military officer
Axel Gyllenkrok
Axel Gyllenkrok by Georg Engelhard Schröder
Nickname(s)
"Little Vauban"
Born
(1664-08-02)August 2, 1664 Turku, Finland
Died
17 September 1730(1730-09-17) (aged 66) Svenstorp Castle in Scania, Sweden
Allegiance
Sweden France
Service/branch
Infantry
Years of service
1683-1730
Rank
Lieutenant-General
Battles/wars
Nine Years' War
Siege of Namur
Battle of Steenkerque
Battle of Neerwinden
Siege of Tournay
Siege of Huy
Great Northern War
Landing at Humlebæk
Battle of Narva
Crossing of the Düna
Battle of Kliszów
Siege of Thorn
Battle of Grodno
Battle of Holowczyn
Battle of Poltava
Spouse(s)
Maria Hergadt
(m. 1723)
Children
Fredrik Gustaf Gyllenkrok Margareta Gyllenkrok
Axel Gyllenkrok, or Gyllenkrook (2 August 1664 – 17 September 1730) was a Swedish baron, military general, and governor of Gothenburg. He is best known as being the general quartermaster of King Charles XII of Sweden.
He was the operational planner whose collections of route maps and reports were used by Charles XII to prepare for the campaign in Poland and Russia.
After the King's defeat in the Battle of Poltava (8 July 1709), Gyllenkrok followed the King to the Ottoman Empire. Shortly afterwards, he was captured by the forces of Peter I of Russia at a mission in Poland. He was moved between multiple places during his captivity, including Moscow and Kazan, and did not return to Sweden until 1722 after the signing of the Treaty of Nystad.
AxelGyllenkrok, or Gyllenkrook (2 August 1664 – 17 September 1730) was a Swedish baron, military general, and governor of Gothenburg. He is best known...
Axel Gustaf Gyllenkrok (July 14, 1783, in Gödelöv parish, Malmöhus County, southern Sweden – May 18, 1865, in Lund) was a baron, zoology collector and...
Tashtayka on the Dnieper where AxelGyllenkrok had been sent earlier to prepare a crossing.: 220 However, Gyllenkrok wanted Charles to stop at Kishenka...
former spire. The roof proved to be so leaky that county governor AxelGyllenkrok complained in October 1724 of rain and snow getting through. In December...
(1700–1711) Carl Gustaf Mörner (1712–1719) Nils Posse (1719–1723) AxelGyllenkrok (1723–1730) Bengt Ribbing (1730–1741) Lorentz Kristoffer Stobée (1741–1749)...
("Jung's junta") and it consisted of Axel Rappe, Carl August Ehrensvärd, Per Sylvan, Henry Peyron, Gustaf Petri, Axel Gyllenkrook, Gunnar Berggren with Jung...
the Swedish main army marched through Naunhof to Taucha, from where AxelGyllenkrok with an escort of 50 dragoons continued to Leipzig. The city opened...
Gyllenkrok (1892–1982), the daughter of Navy commander, baron Axel Thure Christian Gyllenkrok and Elin Emma Ulrika Frick. He was the father of Axel Gerhard...
naturalist Carl Fredrik Fallén (1764-1830), botanist and entomologist Axel Gustaf Gyllenkrok (1783-1865), zoologist Carl Adolph Agardh (1785-1859), naturalist...
Thomson, Carl Adolph Agardh, Anders Jahan Retzius, Erik Acharius, Axel Gustaf Gyllenkrok and Sven Nilsson. Lund University library was established in 1668...
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