Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten [SEP] date of death
Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten
Baron Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten (1727, in Finland – 2 April 1786, in Biskopsudden, Stockholm) was a Swedish and Finnish officer and politician, and half-brother of Georg Magnus Sprengtporten.
Life and career.
In his twelfth year Sprengtporten chose the profession of arms, and served his country with distinction. The few and miserable triumphs of Sweden during the Seven Years' War were due almost entirely to young Sprengtporten, and he emerged from it with a lieutenant-colonelcy, a pension and
Georg Magnus Sprengtporten
Count Georg Magnus Sprengtporten (), or "Göran Magnus Sprengtporten", as he preferred to call himself (16 December 1740 – 13 October 1819), was a Swedish, Finnish and Russian politician, younger brother of Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten. As he defected to the Russians, he went down Swedish history as a traitor.
Early life.
Sprengtporten was born in Porvoo (), Uusimaa (), Kingdom of Sweden (now Finland). He entered the army and rose to the rank