Gerhard Johann von L%C3%B6wenwolde


Gerhard Johann von Lwenwolde was a Baltic German Estonian knight. In the 1690s, he announced support of Johann Reinhold von Patkuls lobbyism against Swedish absolutist threats to Baltic noble privileges, while also working with the Swedish authorities in Estonia. He served in the Swedish army, and in 1697 was promoted major of the Swedish garrison in Riga. During the Great Northern War, he first served Augustus the Strong of SaxePolandLithuania, and after taking an ambiguous stance towards August and Peter the Great of Russia entered Peters service after the Capitulation of Estonia and Livonia in 1710. He served as Peter the Greats plenipotentiary of Livonia during the same year, and held that office until 1713, when he became hofmeister in the service of Princess Charlotte of BrunswickWolfenbttel, wife of Peters son Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia.

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