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Rutger Maclean I (1688–1748) or Rutger Macklean I was an officer of

Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII ( sv, Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of t ...

who participated in

Battle of Holowczyn The Battle of Holowczyn or Holofzin or Golovchin was fought in July 1708 between the Russian army, and the Swedish army, led by Charles XII of Sweden, only 26 years of age at the time. Despite difficult natural obstacles and superior enemy artil ...

Battle of Poltava The Battle of Poltava; russian: Полта́вская би́тва; uk, Полта́вська би́тва (8 July 1709) was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. A Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeate ...

and Battle of Tobolsk in 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 the son of

David Makeléer David Makeléer (1646 – 10 November 1708) sometimes written as David Macklier, was the List of governors of Älvsborg County, Governor of Älvsborg County, Sweden. He served from 1693 to 1708. Biography David was the son of John Hans Makelé ...

, the first governor of

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. He studied in England. He married Vilhelmina Eleonora Coyet, who was 30 years younger than him, and they had at least four children: *Baron David Macklean *

Rutger Macklean II Rutger Macklean (28 July 1742 – 14 January 1816) also Rutger Macklier II was a Swedish jurist, military officer, politician and land owner. He was a driving figure in the introduction of Swedish agricultural land reforms ('' Enskiftet'') w ...

(1742–1816) who was a central figure in land reform in Sweden in the late 18th and early 19th centuries *Eleonora Charlotta Macklean (1744–1777) born on 12 June 1744 in Svaneholm * Gustaf Macklean, when

Gustav III of Sweden Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what ...

was murdered, Gustaf hid one of the murderers at his farm Brodda, nearby Svaneholm.

Ancestors

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Macklean, Rutger 1688 births 1748 deaths Clan Maclean

Rutger Rutger is a male given name common in the Netherlands, and a cognate of the first name Roger. People *Ruotger (died 931), archbishop of Trier * (c.975–1050), First Duke of Cleves * (died 1075), Second Duke of Cleves *Rutger von Ascheberg (1621� ...

Battle of Poltava Swedish military personnel of the Great Northern War Swedish people of Scottish descent 17th-century Swedish military personnel 18th-century Swedish military personnel