23 February 1717(1717-02-23) (aged 51) Kastellet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Buried
Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden
Allegiance
Dutch Republic Holy Roman Empire Swedish Empire
Service/branch
Swedish Army
Years of service
1685–1717
Rank
Field Marshal (Fältmarskalk)
Commands held
Kalmar Regiment Dalarna Regiment
Battles/wars
Nine Years' War
Battle of Fleurus
Great Northern War
Battle of Narva
Crossing of the Düna
Battle of Vilnius
Battle of Kliszów
Battle of Pułtusk
Siege of Thorn
Battle of Grodno
Battle of Helsingborg
Battle of Gadebusch
Siege of Tönning
Spouse(s)
Eva Magdalena Oxenstierna
(m. 1690)
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. He studied at Uppsala University and joined the Swedish Army during the Nine Years' War, participating in the Battle of Fleurus in 1690. After the battle, he was appointed lieutenant colonel, entered Holy Roman service as Adjutant General, and married Eva Magdalena Oxenstierna, daughter of statesman Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna. Returning to Swedish service he received colonelcy of a regiment in Wismar, and later became colonel of the Kalmar and then Dalarna regiments.
During the Great Northern War, Stenbock served under King Charles XII in his military campaigns in the Baltic and Polish fronts. As director of the General War Commissariat, Stenbock collected substantial funds and supplies for the maintenance of the Swedish army, earning the admiration of Charles XII. In 1705, he was appointed general of the infantry and Governor General of Scania. As acting governor, Stenbock displayed his administrative skills and organized Scania's defense against an invading Danish army, which he defeated at the Battle of Helsingborg in 1710. In 1712, he conducted a campaign in northern Germany and defeated a Saxon-Danish army at the Battle of Gadebusch, which earned him his field marshal's baton. His career plummeted after his merciless destruction of the city of Altona in 1713. Surrounded by overwhelming allied troops, Stenbock was forced to surrender to King Frederick IV of Denmark during the siege of Tönning. During his captivity in Copenhagen, the Danes revealed Stenbock's escape attempt and imprisoned him in Kastellet. There he was the subject to a defamation campaign conducted by Frederick IV and died in 1717 after years of harsh treatment.
Besides his military and administrative professions, Stenbock was regarded as a skilled speaker, painter and craftsman. His military successes contributed to the creation of a heroic cult in Sweden. During the age of romantic nationalism he was consistently praised by Swedish historians and cultural personalities, such as Carl Snoilsky in his poem "Stenbock's courier". His name has inspired streets in several Swedish cities and in 1901 an equestrian statue of Stenbock was unveiled outside Helsingborg city hall.
Count MagnusStenbock (22 May 1665 – 23 February 1717) was a Swedish field marshal (Fältmarskalk) and Royal Councillor. A commander of the Carolean Army...
family Catherine Stenbock Gustaf Otto StenbockMagnusStenbock Eric StenbockStenbock Palace, Stockholm, built around 1640 Stenbock House, Tallinn, built...
grandfather Magnus. Eric's maternal grandfather died while Eric was quite young, also, in 1866, leaving him another trust fund. Stenbock attended Balliol...
decisive victory of a Swedish force of 14,000 men under the command of MagnusStenbock against a Danish force of equal strength under the command of Jørgen...
Jakob Stenbock Count MagnusStenbock (1665–1717), Swedish military officer, married Eva Magdalena Oxenstierna [sv] (1671-1722) Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock (1664–1729)...
region of Hamburg, a large Russian-Saxon force stood south of Stralsund. Stenbock could hardly attack this force with a frontal assault, but hoped that by...
besides Charles XII were his close friend Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld, also MagnusStenbock and Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt. Charles Frederick, son of Frederick IV...
Catherine Stenbock (Swedish: Katarina Gustavsdotter Stenbock; 22 July 1535 – 13 December 1621) was Queen of Sweden from 1552 to 1560 as the third and last...
Gustaf Rehnskiöld 1651–1722 1709 Nils Gyllenstierna 1648–1720 1712 MagnusStenbock 1663–1717 1717 Carl Mörner (1658–1721) [sv] 1658–1721 1719 Carl Gustaf...
Adolf Boheman (1764–1831) had been introduced to the couple by Count MagnusStenbock in 1793 and gained great influence by promising to reveal scientific...
1650 – Richard Brakenburgh, Dutch Golden Age painter (d. 1702) 1665 – MagnusStenbock, Swedish field marshal and Royal Councillor (d. 1717) 1694 – Daniel...
provinces; Scania, Blekinge, and Halland. However the Swedish general MagnusStenbock managed to defend the provinces without presence of the king, Charles...
Den Store Nordiske Krigs Historie. De Nordiske Allieredes Kamp med MagnusStenbock. 1712-1713 (in Danish). Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk...
Catharine De la Gardie (1632–1704), who married Gustaf Otto Stenbock and was mother of MagnusStenbock. Count Jacob De la Gardie died in Stockholm in 1652 and...
Successor MagnusStenbock Lord of the Realm Titular tenure 1799–1810 Minister to the King of France Tenure 1790–1793 Predecessor Erik Magnus Staël von...
Catharine De la Gardie (1632–1704); married Gustaf Otto Stenbock, mother of MagnusStenbock. Johann Karl De la Gardie (1634 – d. in infancy). Birgitta...
Dobrogost Krasiński, Polish nobleman (szlachcic) (b. 1639) February 23 – MagnusStenbock, Swedish military officer (b. 1664) March 3 – Pierre Allix, French...
1712) August 4 – Louis Lully, French composer (d. 1734) August 12 – MagnusStenbock, Swedish noble (d. 1717) August 20 – János Pálffy, Hungarian field...
daughter of King John III, in 1580. Magnus Gabriel's mother was Ebba Brahe, daughter of Lord High Steward Magnus Brahe and Brita Leijonhufvud. Ebba had...
Northern War started, the Dalarna Regiment was under the command of MagnusStenbock and was used against Denmark but was soon sent to the Baltic region...
political influence over her brother the monarch: on 1 October 1702, count MagnusStenbock gave his spouse countess Eva Oxenstierna the task of using her influence...
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