Joachim Cronman ( – March 5, 1703) was an owner of estates in
Livonia
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and a
colonel
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for the
Swedish Empire
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.
He was the
Commandant
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of the
Neumünde redoubt/fortlet (skans in Swedish).
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Biography
Joachim Cronman was the son of Hans Detterman Cronman (1590–c1645) and was born around 1640.
Hans was the war commissar for the Swedish Empire
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. Hans had been knighted as Lord Cronman by Christina, Queen of Sweden
Christina (; 18 December O.S. 8 December">Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New Style dates">O.S. 8 December1626 – 19 April 1689), a member of the House of Vasa, was Monarchy of Sweden, Queen of Sweden from ...
on March 9, 1638.Swedish Livonia
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in 1642.[Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften, Teil 2 Estland, Bd. 3, Görlitz, 1930]
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Joachim's mother was Ursula Kordes (1600–1675), and she was the daughter of Joakim Kordes and Ursula Gantschau.[
His brother was Fritz Cronman and his sisters were Elisabeth Cronmann who married captain Johann Schulmann, landlord of Nova-Bura in ]Ingria
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; and Anna Catharina Cronman I (1620–1685) who married Frans von Knorring (1626–1694).[ Gabriel Anrep incorrectly lists Anna Catharina Cronman I (1620–?) as the wife of Hans Christoffer von Rohr I (1626–1700) because they are the same age. She would be the ''sister'' of Joachim Cronman. Gustaf Elgenstierna corrected the Anrep genealogy around 1925. He has an Anna Catharina Cronman II (c1660–1661) who died young, and Anna Catharina Cronman III as the wife of Hans Christoffer von Rohr I (1626–1700). This makes her the ''daughter'' of Joachim Cronman, which puts her at the proper age for bearing the children of von Rohr. Hans would be about 30 years older than her. This error has been repeated in many online genealogies.][
Joachim Cronman attended the ]University of Tartu
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Together, Cronman and his wife had the following children:
*Ursula Cronman (1660–1745), she married Christoffer Fredrik von Grothenhielm (1655–1705).[
*Anna Catharina Cronman II (c.1661–1661), who died as an infant
* Johan Cronman (1662–1737), he became Governor of Malmö.][
*Hedvik Elisabeth Cronman (1663–1699) who married Henrik Aminoff (1653–?).][
*Eva Maria Cronman (1675–1706) who married ]rittmeister
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Arend Wilhelm von Rehbinder (?–1711), lord of the Jõesse manor in Martna Parish
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.colonel
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on January 23, 1679. He was later stationed at the Narva fortress.[ He later served as ]commandant
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of the Neumünde fortress.[ He died on March 5, 1703, at Neumünde.]Riga, Latvia
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was married to Ursula Kordes (died 1675), daughter of Joakim Kordes and Ursula Gantschau. They had the following children:
# Vilhelm Cronman, died in battle unmarried 20 August 1656 at Bertholdshof, near Riga.
# Johan Cronman, died unmarried in battle in Preussia.
# Anna Catharina Cronman I (1620–?)died after 1688 married Colonel Frans von Knorring (died after 1688).
# Joachim Cronman, died 5 March 1703 at the Neumünde fortress, married 9 August 1657 Lunetta Makeleer in Gothenburg
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. She was buried 22 February 1693 at Reval. She was the daughter of John Hans Makeléer and Anna Gubbertz.
## Anna Catharina Cronman II, died 1661 Gothenburg, buried 23 December 1661 Kristine parish, Gothenburg.
## Ursula Cronman, born 29 August 1660, died 27 September 1745, married 1 July 1680 at Dorpat to Captain Christoffer Fredrik von Grothenhielm (born 1655, died 1705).
## Carl Cronman, born 1661, died young in France.
## Johan Cronman, Baron Cronman, born 2 February 1662 at Unanitz, Ingermanland, died unmarried 26 July 1737 Malmö.
## Hedvig Elisabet Cronman, born 11 November 1663, died 14 August 1699, married 1stly Henrik Aminoff (born 1653); she married 2ndly Simon von Rohr (died 1721).
## Jakob Fredrik Cronman, died 1710 at Reval
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from the plague.
## Anna Catharina Cronman III, possibly born 3 February 1667, died 3 December 1685 during childbirth, married Captain Hans Christoffer von Rohr (born 1627, died about 1712). However, if born in 1667 Joachim could not be her son, she would be just 11 years old at his birth.
### Joachim von Rohr (January 23, 1678 – September 9, 1757) was a lieutenant colonel for the Swedish Empire
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and commandant
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of the Dalarö fortress. He participated in the Battle of Poltava
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and was captured and held as a prisoner in Siberia
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.
References
External links
Cronman family tree
based on Gabriel Anrep and corrected by Gustaf Elgenstierna
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1703 deaths
1600s births
17th-century Swedish military personnel
18th-century Swedish military personnel
Swedish people of German descent
Joachim
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People from Swedish Livonia
Livonian nobility
Swedish soldiers