STENBOCK, COUNT MAGNUS

mängˈnəs stānˈbôk, 1665–1717, Swedish field marshal. One of the ablest lieutenants of Charles XII in the Northern War, he helped defeat (1700) Peter I of Russia at Narva and crushed (1710) a Danish expedition at Helsingborg. Invading Holstein in 1713, he was outnumbered and was forced to surrender in the same year. He died in Danish captivity.

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The Cambridge Modern History - Vol. 13
Book by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, Stanley Leathes; Cambridge University Press, 1911
Subjects: History, Modern
...IX 511 Starhemberg, Count George Adam, VI 140...sqq.; 341 sq.; 400 Count Guidobald von, Austrian...returns 1809 , 344 , 357 Count Rudiger, Governor of...occupation of, XI 596 sq. Stenbock, Count Magnus, Swedish general, v...
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Charles the Twelfth, King of Sweden
Book by Carl Gustafson Klingspor, John A. Gade; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916
Subjects: Charles--Xii--King Of Sweden--1682-1718, Sweden--History
...275 , 320 , 321 - 25 , 329 . Sperling, Count, 159 . St. Andrew, Order of, 228 , 231...104 . Steinau, General, 108 , 111 , 137 . Stenbock, Count Johan, 63 , 214 . Stenbock, General Magnus, 86 , 89 , 154 ; a complete soldier, 95...
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The Cambridge Modern History: Planned by the Late Lord Acton - Vol. 5
Book by A. W. Ward, G. W. Prothero, Stanley Leathes; University Press, 1908
Subjects: History, Modern
...690 Starhemberg, Guidobald Count von, Austrian field-marshal...435 ; 446 ----- Rudiger, Count, Governor of Vienna, 361 Stayner...Stenay, ceded to France, 38 Stenbock, Magnus, Count, Swedish general, 581 sq...
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The Making of Modern Europe, 1648-1780
Book by Geoffrey Treasure; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: Europe--History--1648-1789
Starhemberg, count Gundaker, Austrian treasurer, 413 starosta, Polish sheriff...development of, 134 -5, 455 Steenkerke, battle of, 272 , 487 Stenbock, Magnus, count, Swedish general, 518 Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel, 534 , 554...
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Peter the Great: The Struggle for Power, 1671-1725
Book by Paul Bushkovitch; Cambridge University Press, 2001
Subjects: Peter--I--Emperor Of Russia--1672-1725, Russia--Politics And Government--1613-1689, Russia--Politics And Government--1689-1801
...316 , 413 Staraia Rusa, 392 Starishi, 285 Starodub, 286 Starostina, T. V., 66 , 95 Stella, Rocco count, 363 Stenbock, Magnus, 310 Stettin, 309 , 311 , 314 , 317 , 319 20, 390 Stockholm, 138 , 258 9, 307 , 353 Stolz, brig, 288...
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The Count and the Spy: Magnus Stenbock, the Swedish Aristocrat and War Hero, Lived His Life in Pursuit of Honour. Yet, as Andreas Marklund Reveals, He Died in Disgrace, Broken by the Schemes of a Cunning Spy
Magazine article by Magnus Stenbock; History Today, Vol. 60, October 2010
Subjects: Military leaders--Biography, Stenbock, Magnus--Biography
The Count and the Spy: Magnus Stenbock, the Swedish Aristocrat...of a Cunning Spy. by Magnus Stenbock ILLUSTRATION...not attempt to flee. Magnus Stenbock was thereby portrayed...the death-blow. The count had lived a life in pursuit...


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Stenbock, Count Magnus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STENBOCK, COUNT MAGNUS mang n s stan bok, 1665 1717, Swedish field marshal. One of the ablest lieutenants of Charles XII in the Northern War , he helped...


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