Axel Löwen
Illustration — Axel Löwen in a portrait Axel Löwen (1 November 1686 – 25 July 1773) was a count and Swedish Knight of the Seraphim, Commander of the Order of the Sword and privy counsellor. Löwen was a volunteer in the Fortification Corps in 1702, got his main military education abroad, and in 1712 became lieutenant-quartermaster general (a rank corresponding to lieutenant colonel) in the German provinces. He became noted at the siege of Stade, where he also was taken as a prisoner by the Danes.
Also recorded as count Akseli Tott Löwen, 1.Greve af Oesbyholm, Friherre af Sörby, Governor-General of Pomerania
Axel Löwen
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- Axel Löwen was born on 1 November 1686.
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- Royal Order of the Seraphim
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Illustration — Axel Löwen in a portrait Axel Löwen (1 November 1686 – 25 July 1773) was a count and Swedish Knight of the Seraphim, Commander of the Order of the Sword and privy counsellor. Löwen was a volunteer in the Fortification Corps in 1702, got his main military education abroad, and in 1712 became lieutenant-quartermaster general (a rank corresponding to lieutenant colonel) in the German provinces. He became noted at the siege of Stade, where he also was taken as a prisoner by the Danes.
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Axel Löwen died at Stralsund.
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In 1713 he managed to escape, sneaking during nighttime through the sachisk posts to Stralsund in July 1713. In 1714, he prepared the defences of Wismar, and in 1715 he was part of the siege of Stralsund and took Kudön, close to Stralsund. In 1716 he was part of the campaign in Norway and at the battle of Norderhov he was again captured and became a prisoner of the Danes, Anna Colbjørnsdatter was part of this event. He was released in an exchange in 1719, and the same year he became major general and Quartermaster General and director of the Swedish Fortification Corps. He made plans for additional fortifications, amongst them at Oxdjupet (Stockholm), and Hamina and Lappeenranta, both in Finland. In 1731, he became a baron. From 1746 until his death, he was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 1751 he became a count. He married Eva Horn af Ekebyholm, daughter of Arvid Horn, and became the father of Eva Löwen, grandfather of Adolph Ribbing, and great-grandfather of the French theatre director Adolphe de Leuven.
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- 1.Tourismuszentrale der Hansestadt Stralsund. Axel Graf von Löwen (1686 - 1772) / Kända svenskar: Gustaf II. Adolf och Co / Stadens historia - Ett mångsidigt förflutet / En stad av tegel / Tourismuszentrale der Hansestadt Stralsund.
- 2.Brev till Axel Löwen den äldre. - Riksarkivet - Sök i arkiven.
- 3.Löwen, släkt - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon.
- 4.Löwen nr 84.
- 5.Ribbing, Magdalena. Den vackre kungamrdaren, Adolph Ludvig Ribbing. 22 October 2012. 9789137138565.
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