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Jørgen Rantzau, the Glossary

Jørgen Rantzau (1652–1713) was a Danish Major general who fought several campaigns under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough.^[1]

20 relations: Battle of Blenheim, Battle of Helsingborg, Battle of Oudenarde, Brigade, Christian Detlev Reventlow, Danes, Denmark, Great Northern War, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Jutland, Lübeck, Lieutenant commander, Lieutenant general, Major general, Nine Years' War, Scania, Sweden, Vanguard, William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, Wismar.
Danish military personnel of the Great Northern War
People from Skive Municipality
Rantzau family

Battle of Blenheim

The Battle of Blenheim (Zweite Schlacht bei Höchstädt; Bataille de Höchstädt; Slag bij Blenheim) fought on, was a major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Battle of Helsingborg

The Battle of Helsingborg was the last major engagement of the Great Northern War to take place on Swedish soil.

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The Battle of Oudenarde, also known as the Battle of Oudenaarde, was a major engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession, pitting a Grand Alliance force consisting of eighty thousand men under the command of the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy against a French force of eighty-five thousand men under the command of the Duc de Bourgogne and the Duc de Vendôme, the battle resulting in a great victory for the Grand Alliance.

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Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements.

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Christian Detlev Reventlow

Christian Detlev, Count von Reventlow (1671–1738) was a Danish military leader and diplomat.

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Danes

Danes (danskere) are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Great Northern War

The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722 O.S.) was an English soldier and statesman.

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Jutland

Jutland (Jylland, Jyske Halvø or Cimbriske Halvø; Jütland, Kimbrische Halbinsel or Jütische Halbinsel) is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein).

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Lübeck

Lübeck (Low German: Lübęk or Lübeek ˈlyːbeːk; Latin: Lubeca), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany.

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Lieutenant commander

Lieutenant Commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr., LCDR, or LCdr) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies.

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Lieutenant general

Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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Major general

Major general is a military rank used in many countries.

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Nine Years' War

The Nine Years' War was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance.

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Scania

Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne, is the southernmost of the historical provinces (landskap) of Sweden.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Vanguard

The vanguard (sometimes abbreviated to van and also called the advance guard) is the leading part of an advancing military formation.

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William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan

Lieutenant-General William Cadogan, 1st Earl Cadogan, (– 17 July 1726) was an Anglo-Irish soldier.

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Wismar

Wismar (Low German: Wismer), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (Hansestadt Wismar) is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city of Mecklenburg after Rostock, Schwerin and Neubrandenburg.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jørgen_Rantzau

Also known as Jürgen von Rantzau.