Name Gustaf Adlerfelt Siblings Pehr Adlerfelt | Role Writer Nephews Carl Adlerfelt | |
Died July 8, 1709, Poltava, Ukraine Children Carl Maximilian Emanuel Johan Adlerfelt Books The Military History of Charles Xii, King of Sweden Volume 2, The Military History of Charles XII. Volume 1 | ||
Gustaf Adlerfelt (1671 – June 28, 1709) was a Swedish historical writer born near Stockholm, brother of Pehr Adlerfelt.
He was appointed by Charles XII "gentleman of the court" and afterwards accompanied him to his military campaigns, and writing a journal on them. He continues this work until his death in 1709 when he was killed by a cannonball in the Battle of Poltava.
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