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Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten
Baron Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten (1727–1786) was a Swedish-Finnish army officer and politician, and half-brother of Georg Magnus Sprengtporten. He is most famous as one of the leaders of the Revolution of 1772, the ''coup d'état'' which ended the age of constitutional monarchy in Sweden known as the Age of Liberty and ushered in the period of absolute monarchy known as the Gustavian era. Biography Family and Early career Sprengporten's father was Baron Magnus Wilhelm Sprengtporten, who resided at Borgå (now Porvoo) in Finland, which was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Magnus Wilhelm was a major in the Swedish Army and served in the army of King Charles XII during the Great Northern War. He participated in the Swedish invasion of Russia in 1708-9, and was one of the thousands of Caroleans captured in the Surrender at Perevolochna. He subsequently spent thirteen years as a Russian prisoner-of-war before being released in 1722 and returning to Finland. He and his wife Anna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friherre
(; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire and in its various successor states, including Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, etc. Traditionally, it denotes the titled rank within the nobility above ' (knight) and ' (nobility without a specific title) and below ' ( count, earl). The title superseded the earlier medieval form, '. It corresponds approximately to the English ''baron'' in rank. The Duden orthography of the German language references the French nobility title of ''Baron'', deriving from the latin-germanic combination ''liber baro'' (which also means "free lord"), as corresponding to the German "Freiherr"; and that ''Baron'' is a corresponding salutation for a ''Freiherr''.Duden; Definition of ''Baron, der'' (in German)/ref> ' in the feudal system The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
