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Count Otto Ottoson Vellingk (1649- 1708) was a Swedish general during the
The Battle of Klezow (or Klissow) 9 July 1702
1649 births 1708 deaths People from Kingisepp Swedish counts Swedish Army generals 17th-century Swedish military personnel Swedish military personnel of the Great Northern War Caroleans {{Sweden-mil-bio-stub
Count Otto Ottoson Vellingk (1649- 1708) was a Swedish general during the Great Northern War
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedi ...
.
Biography
He was born inJama
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in Swedish Ingria
Swedish Ingria ( sv, Svenska Ingermanland, ‘land of Ingrians’) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1583 to 1595 and then again from 1617 to 1721, when it was ceded to the Russian Empire in the Treaty of Nystad.
History
Ingria was ceded ...
to Otto Gotthardsson Vellingk and Christina Nilsdotter Mannersköld.
In 1664, Vellingk became a lieutenant with the Swedish regiment at Bremen. He subsequently entered French service in 1666 and was promoted in 1670 to Colonel in the French army. He was promoted to general in the Swedish Army during 1698. He participated in key battles of Great Northern War
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedi ...
including: the Battle of Narva in 1700, and the Crossing of Daugava near Riga
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in 1701. He participated in the Battle of Klissow on 9 July 1702. He was in the Battle of Punitz
The Battle of Poniec took place on October 28, 1704 in Poniec, Poland, during the Great Northern War. The Swedish Empire, Swedish Army under Charles XII unsuccessfully dislodged the Electorate of Saxony, Saxon Army under Johann Matthias von der S ...
on 28 October 1704.
He was made a royal advisor in 1705, and ennobled as a count in 1706.
See also
*Great Northern War
The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedi ...
References
External links
The Battle of Klezow (or Klissow) 9 July 1702
1649 births 1708 deaths People from Kingisepp Swedish counts Swedish Army generals 17th-century Swedish military personnel Swedish military personnel of the Great Northern War Caroleans {{Sweden-mil-bio-stub