Hans Wachtmeister
(1641-1714)
Swedish admiral (1641/2-1714)
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Hans Wachtmeister af Johannishus, (3 January 1642 [O.S. 24 December 1641] – 15 February [O.S. 26 February] 1714) was admiral general of the Swedish Navy and advisor to King Charles XI of Sweden and King Charles XII of Sweden. He served in the Scanian War of 1675–1679 and during the following twenty years of peace worked to build up the Swedish Navy. When the Great Northern War began in 1700 he was able to take his fleet to sea in good condition.
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1641
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1714 (aged 72)
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