Count Carl Gustaf Frölich (163714 March 1714) was a

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military officer of German descent, Riga Governor in 1700-1706 and infantry general. He was the brother of a Pietist writer and mystic

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(1650-1692) and a colonel ''Hans Frederik Frölich'' (1637-1715).

Biography

Born in 1637 in the family of the Swedish Army officer colonel Hans Christoffer Frölich (1602-1658)Hans Christoffer Frölich
/ref> and his wife Elizabeth, born in von Plessen. Frölich became Lieutenant-Major of the Swedish Army and Commander in

Bohus Fortress Bohus Fortress (also known as ''Baahus'' or ''Båhus'', originally: ''Bágahús'') lies along the old Norwegian–Swedish border in Kungälv, Bohuslän, Sweden, north east from Hisingen where the Göta river splits into two branches ( nort ...

in 1676. In 1678 he became Lieutenant-Colonel. In the summer of 1678 Bohus fortress was besieged by

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and an army of 7,000 German and 9,000 Norwegian soldiers. Bohus Fortress had a Swedish crew of 900 men, led by Colonel Friedrich Börstell and Lieutenant Colonel Carl Gustav Frölich. The fortress was fired for two months with quantities of

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s, rock bumps, glowing bullets,

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and

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. The attackers also used

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to throw in bags with

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for the purpose of spreading disease. The Swedish crew, however, managed the siege, but more than half the crew did. After the siege, Frölich became

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and commander in

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. He became a naturalized Swedish

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. In 1693 he became

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, Jämtland and

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. The new King of Sweden

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was appointed commander of the Helsinki Regiment in 1698 and, after the commencement of the

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on 12 March 1700, was promoted to Governor of Riga and lieutenant-general. From April 18, 1702, he also served as Governor-General of Vidzeme, Sweden, and during the invasion of Russian troops in 1704, he was promoted to infantry general and commander of the Riga garrison. On January 17, 1706 he was dismissed as Governor General before the siege of Riga (1709-1710) due to an unsuccessful attempt of

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. He left Vidzeme and returned to Sweden, where he died in 1714.

Appointments

During

the appointments came at a rapid pace for Frölich, where he became *head of Helsinki regiment in 1698 *

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Governor 1700-1706,

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and free lord in 1700, *

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in 1704, * royal council and

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's court of justice in 1705 *Count in 1706.

References

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