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Friedrich von Arensdorff

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Years of service
  
1645 – 1689

Allegiance
  
Sweden, Denmark

Rank
  
Commander-in-chief

Died
  
1689

Name
  
Friedrich Arensdorff


Friedrich von Arensdorff

Battles/wars
  
Copenhagen (1660) Scanian War (1675 – 1679) Battle of Lund

Battles and wars
  
Copenhagen, Scanian War, Battle of Lund

People also search for
  
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Service/branch
  
Swedish Army, Royal Danish Army

Friedrich von Arenstorff (Danish: Frederik von Arenstorff) (1626 – 1689) was an officer in Swedish and Danish military service.

Military Career

Von Arenstorff started his career in the Swedish Army in Poland in 1645 and took part in the siege of Copenhagen in 1660.

In 1661 he went into Danish pay. After his brother Carl von Arenstorff had been wounded, and the king had fled, he commanded the Royal Danish Army at the Battle of Lund in 1676. It is believed that his formalism cost the Danes the victory.

In 1678 he commanded the Danish army in Scania. For disobeying the command to save the trapped Danish army at Kristianstad he was sentenced to death with loss of title, land and property, but reprieved by the King.

It is believed that his cruelty towards the civilians of Scania made many of them prefer Swedish rule.

In 1688 he was made Supreme Commander of the whole Danish Army.

References

Friedrich von Arensdorff Wikipedia