Eberhard von Vegesack

Swedish Army Commander

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Major general Count Eberhard von Vegesack
Litograph of von Vegesack by Alexander Wetterling
Birth name	Eberhard Ernst Gotthard von Vegesack
Born	(1763-03-29)29 March 1763 Rostock, Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Died	30 October 1818(1818-10-30) (aged 54) Stockholm, Sweden
Buried	Klara Church
Allegiance	Sweden
Service/branch	Swedish Army
Years of service	1784–1818
Rank	Major general
Unit	Svea Artillery Regiment
Battles/wars	Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Pomeranian War Great Sortie of Stralsund (1807) Dano-Swedish War of 1808–09 Finnish War Battle of Lemo (1808) Battle of Lappfjärd (1808) Battle of Oravais (1808) War of the Sixth Coalition Swedish–Norwegian War (1814) Battle of Rakkestad (1814) Battle of Langnes (1814)

Eberhard Ernst Gotthard von Vegesack (29 March 1763 – 30 October 1818) was a German-born officer in the Swedish Army who was active from the Russo-Swedish War to the Swedish–Norwegian War.^[1]^[2] By birth, he was member of the Vegesack family of Baltic German origin.

References

^ Theodor Westrin; Ruben Gustafsson Berg; Eugen Fahlstedt, eds. (1921). "Eberhard Ernst Gotthard von Vegesack". Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi. Vol. 31 (2. ed.). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlag. pp. 1003–1004.
^ Herman Hofberg; Frithiof Heurlin; Viktor Millqvist; Olof Rubenson, eds. (1906). "Vegesack, Eberhard Ernst Gotthard von". Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon. Vol. 2 (2. ed.). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Verlag. p. 701.