Charles Emil Lewenhaupt

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Charles Emil Lewenhaupt
March 28, 1691 – August 4, 1743
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Place of death	Stockholm, Sweden
Allegiance	Sweden
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Battle of Gadebusch, Russo-Swedish War, 1741-1743

Charles Emil Lewenhaupt (the elder) was a Swedish general. His parents were the Count and Lieutenant General Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt and countess Amalia Vilhelmina von Köningsmarck. At the age of 16, Lewenhaupt entered Dutch service where he was promoted to the rank of Captain in 1709. The year later he entered Swedish service. Lewenhaupt was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and participated at the Battle of Gadebusch in 1712. In 1722 Lewenhaupt was promoted to Major General. At the diet of 1741 he was a factor in the decision to wage war against Imperial Russia.

Following the war, on June 20, 1743, Lewenhaupt was sentenced to death on grounds of poor performance and conduct in the war. The execution was set to 20 July, and later postponed to 30 July. Lewenhaupts' son and a small party managed to free him, but Lewenhaupt was re-arrested when aboard a vessel in the Stockholm archipelago bound for Danzig. On August 4, 1743 Lewenhaupt was decapitated at Norrtull in Stockholm.