Arvid Axel Mardefelt

Arvid Axel Mardefelt
Arvid Axel Mardefelt by an unknown artist
Born	1655
Died	(1708-05-18)18 May 1708 Ziönloffkoff, Lithuania
Buried	Vilnius, Lithuania
Allegiance	Sweden
Service / branch	Infantry
Years of service	1677–1708
Rank	General
Commands	Södermanland Regiment
Battles / wars	Scanian War Battle of Landskrona Second Battle of Kristianstad Great Northern War Battle of Poznań Battle of Fraustadt Battle of Kalisz
Spouse(s)	Catharina von Wedeman
Children	Axel Mardefelt Anna Catharina Mardefelt Carl Gustaf Mardefelt
Relations	Conrad Mardefelt (father), Lucia Catharina Theophili (mother)

Freiherr Arvid Axel Mardefelt (around 1655 – 18 May 1708) was a Swedish Infantry General and an acquaintance of Charles XII of Sweden during the Great Northern War.[1]

Biography

Mardefelt was the son of Field Marshal Conrad Mardefelt. In 1702, during the Great Northern War, he was in charge of the operations of the Swedish Army in Western Poland, and in 1704, he conquered Poznań. In 1706, he distinguished himself in the Battle of Fraustadt.[2]

On 29 October 1706, he and his army of 5,000 Swedish and 10,000 Polish Soldiers faced an army of 35,000 Russian, Saxon and Polish troops under August the Strong at the Battle of Kalisz and were defeated.[3] His Polish cavalry under Stanisław Leszczyński Grand Duke of Lithuania, was routed. Mardefelt together with 100 officers, including Polish Magnates, became a prisoner of war. After his release in 1707, Mardefelt died of gout in Ziönloffkoff, Lithuania.

References

1. "Arvid A Mardefelt". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
2. "Battle of Fraustadt, 1706 Feb 13". golden.net. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
3. "Battle of Kalisz in western Poland". The Local Europe AB. 4 November 2006. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

External links

• Media related to Arvid Axel Mardefelt at Wikimedia Commons