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The Second Carolean | Poltava
Genealogy April 16, 2019

The second Carolean: Major Carl Fredrik von Wachenfeldt

Carl Fredrik von Wachenfelt fought in the continental Swedish army and was taken prisoner after Poltava. This is his story.

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Europe April 9, 2019

Wismar

Since Wismar is of great importance to the von Wachenfelt family, it may be prudent to talk about it a little. Because of its geographic location between the provinces of…

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Biography April 9, 2019

Our first Carolean: Lieutenant Colonel JOACHIM VON WACHENFELT

Joachim Fredrik von Wachenfelt was the first child of Barbara Kistmacher and ColonelDavid Friedrich von Wachenfelt. He was born in 1680, in his maternal grandparents’ home in Güstrow. He was…

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Genealogy April 9, 2019

What is a Carolean?

A Carolean was a young military man fighting under King Charles XII of Sweden in the Great Northern War (1700-1721). Carolean comes from Carolus which is the Latin form of…

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Genealogy April 9, 2019

THE FAMILY CAROLEANS

All the Old Colonel’s sons joined the military. Since they grew up in Swedish Wismar in Northern Germany his eldest three served in Swedish regiments there. All three were Caroleans…

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Wismar - David Friedrich von Wachenfelt, née Wachenhusen
Genealogy March 28, 2019

David Friedrich von Wachenfelt: The Old Colonel

This is the story of the pater familias of the von Wachenfelt family.

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Joachim von Wachenfelt
Ancestry March 21, 2019

Wachenhusen/von Wachenfeldt family origins

The Wachenhusen/von Wachenfeldt family has its origins in the little hamlet of Wachenhusen in Hannover, Germany. Our forbear, Colonel David Friedrich Wachenhusen, was knighted von Wachenfelt by the Swedish king,…

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