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