Fritz Cronman (c. 1640 - c. 1680) was a Major for the

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in the late 17th century, and the Swedish diplomat to the

Tsardom of Russia The Tsardom of Russia, also known as the Tsardom of Moscow, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan the Terrible, Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721. ...

from 1668 to 1669. His extant diary and letters contain detailed information on the court of

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He was born in

Swedish Livonia Swedish Livonia () was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1629 until 1721. The territory, which constituted the southern part of modern Estonia (including the island of Ösel ceded by Denmark after the Treaty of Brömsebro) and the northe ...

to Hans Detterman Croman. He participated in the border commission with Russia in Keksholm, but the negotiations ended when the Russian commissioners walked out on the talks. On 26 September 1668 he was appointed as the Swedish diplomat to the

under

. On 8 October 1668 he sailed to Finland and then traveled overland to

Narva Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in the Ida-Viru County, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia border, E ...

. On 10 November 1668 he arrived at the Russian border at Orlina, where he was escorted to

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. In his letter from Novgorod to the Swedish government he writes: "Russians inevitably must be impelled to such unusual ''höflighetsbetygelser'' either under pressure from the enemy side or from fear of his friends." He arrived in

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on 28 December 1668. His Swedish entourage consisted of 35 people. While in Russia, he made a copy of the

Godunov map The Godunov map was an ethnographic map of Siberia commissioned by Alexis of Russia on 15 November 1667. The original is no longer extant, but two copies were made: one by Claes Johansson Prytz and the other by Fritz Cronman. It is named after ...

, one of two extant copies, the original by

Petr Ivanovich Godunov Pyotr Ivanovich Godunov (Russian: Петр Иванович Годунов) (? - 1670) was the Governor-General of Western Siberia as the Voevoda in Tobolsk from 1667 until his death in 1670, before which he had been a steward (стольник) i ...

having not survived. He married

Christina Ottiliana Börner Fritz Cronman (c. 1640 - c. 1680) was a Major for the Swedish Empire in the late 17th century, and the Swedish diplomat to the Tsardom of Russia from 1668 to 1669. His extant diary and letters contain detailed information on the court of Ivan V of ...

and had a daughter, Charlotta Cronman, who married Henrik Gotthard von Buddenbrock (1648-1727). Charlotta and Henrick had as their son,

Henrik Magnus Buddenbrock Henrik Magnus von Buddenbrock (22 July 1685 – between 16 and 27 July 1743) was a Swedish baron and Lieutenant General. He and Carl Emil Lewenhaupt were executed for negligence in the Russo-Swedish War (1741-1743), Russo-Swedish War, in the after ...

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Cronman family tree

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cronman, Fritz 17th-century births 17th-century deaths Ambassadors of Sweden to the Tsardom of Russia

Fritz Fritz is a common German language, German male name. The name originated as a German diminutive of Friedrich (given name), Friedrich or Frederick (given name), Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Fred ...

17th-century Swedish diarists Swedish Army officers 17th-century Swedish military personnel Swedish people of German descent People from Swedish Livonia

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