Gustaf Adlerfelt (1671 – June 28, 1709)''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon'' (Swedish)
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Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

, brother of

Pehr Adlerfelt Baron Pehr Adlerfelt (1680–1743) was a Swedish colonel. He was the brother of Gustaf Adlerfelt. In 1712 he was made colonel in the Swedish army and in 1720 was made a baron and in 1739 a member of the Riksrad (''Council of the Kingdom''). He ...

. He was appointed by

Charles XII Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII () or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.), was King of Sweden from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of the House of ...

"gentleman of the court" and afterwards accompanied him to his military campaigns, and writing a journal on them. He continues this work until his death in 1709 when he was killed by a cannonball in the

Battle of Poltava The Battle of Poltava took place 8 July 1709, was the decisive and largest battle of the Great Northern War. The Russian army under the command of Tsar Peter I defeated the Swedish army commanded by Carl Gustaf Rehnskiöld. The battle would l ...

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1671 births 1709 deaths 17th-century Swedish nobility Caroleans 17th-century Swedish writers 17th-century male writers Swedish military writers 18th-century Swedish nobility Deaths by cannonball Writers from Stockholm {{Sweden-writer-stub