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Friherre Rutger Maclean I (1688–1748) or Rutger Macklean I was an officer of Charles XII of Sweden

Charles XII of Sweden

Charles XII also Carl of Sweden, , Latinized to Carolus Rex, Turkish: Demirbaş Şarl, also known as Charles the Habitué was the King of the Swedish Empire from 1697 to 1718...

who participated in Battle of Holowczyn

Battle of Holowczyn

The Battle of Holowczyn or Golovchin was fought between the Russian army, led by Field Marshal Boris Sheremetyev, and the Swedish army, led by Charles XII of Sweden, only 26 years of age at the time. Despite difficult natural obstacles and superior enemy artillery, the Swedes were able to achieve...

, Battle of Poltava

Battle of Poltava

The Battle of Poltava on 27 June 1709 was the decisive victory of Peter I of Russia over the Swedish forces under Field Marshal Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld in one of the battles of the Great Northern War. It is widely believed to have been the beginning of Sweden's decline as a Great Power; the...

and Battle of Tobolsk in the Great Northern War

Great Northern War

The Great Northern War was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in northern Central Europe and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I the Great of Russia, Frederick IV of...

Biography

He was the son of David Makeléer

David Makeléer

David Makeléer, 1st Friherre sometimes written as David Macklier, was the first governor of Älvsborg County, Sweden. He served from 1693 to 1708.-Biography:...

, the first governor of Älvsborg County

Älvsborg County

Älvsborg County, or Älvsborgs län, was a county of Sweden until December 31, 1998 when it was merged with the counties of Gothenburg and Bohus and Skaraborg to form the county of Västra Götaland...

in Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. He studied in England.
He married Vilhelmina Eleonora Coyet, who was 30 years younger than him, and they had at least four children:

Baron David Macklean
Rutger Macklean II (1742–1816) who was a central figure in land reform in Sweden in the late 18th and early 19th centuries
Eleonora Charlotta Macklean (1744–1777) born on 12 June 1744 in Svaneholm
Gustaf Macklean, when Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....

was murdered, Gustaf hid one of the murderers at his farm Brodda, nearby Svaneholm.

Ancestors

**Rutger Macklier's** ancestors in three generations
Rutger Macklier	Father: David Makeléer David Makeléer David Makeléer, 1st Friherre sometimes written as David Macklier, was the first governor of Älvsborg County, Sweden. He served from 1693 to 1708.-Biography:...	Paternal Grandfather: John Hans Makeléer	Paternal Great-Grandfather: Hector Og Maclean, 15th Clan Chief
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Isabella Acheson of Gosford, the daughter of Sir Archibald Acheson, 1st Baronet
		Paternal Grandmother: Anna Gubbertz	Paternal Great-Grandfather:
			Paternal Great-Grandmother:
	Mother: Eleonora Elisabet von Ascheberg	Maternal Grandfather: Rutger von Ascheberg Rutger von Ascheberg Count Rutger von Ascheberg was a soldier, officer and civil servant in Swedish service, being appointed Lieutenant General in 1670, General in 1674, Field Marshal in 1678, Governor General of the Scanian provinces, in 1680, and Royal Councilor in 1681.-Biography:Ascheberg was born on the estate...	Maternal Great-Grandfather:
			Maternal Great-Grandmother:
		Maternal Grandmother: Magdalena Eleonora von Bussech	Maternal Great-grandfather:
			Maternal Great-Grandmother:

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