ERSKINE, KARL GUSTAF [SSNE 2164]
- Surname
- ERSKINE, ERSKEIN, ERSKIN, ERSKIEN, VON ERSKINE
- First name
- KARL GUSTAF, CARL GUSTAV
- Title/rank
- COLONEL
- Nationality
- SCOT or SCOTO-SWEDISH
- Social status
- NOBLE
Text source
Karl Gustav von Erskine was second son of Alexander von Erskine [SSNE 1508]. He served first as a captain in BK Wangelin's dragoon regiment, then lieutenant colonel with his infantry regiment in Hungary. This unit was taken over by Mauritz Vellingk in 1686. In 1688 Erskine became colonel and chief of a recruited infantry regiment. This Regiment saw service as "Erskin's Swedish Regiment in Holland" between 1689-1692.
Sources: Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1676/5,16; 1677/9; 1678/15; 1680/8,9; 1681/8-10; 1682/11,12; 1683/25; 1684/22; 1685/28; 1686/20; 1687/21; 1688/21; B. Schlegel and C.A. Klingspor, Den med skoldebref forlanade men ej a Riddarhuset introducerad Svenska Adelns Ättar-taflor (Stockholm, 1875) p.69; Swedish Riksarkiv, RA/720018.002; P. Englund, The Battle of Poltava: The Birth of the Russian Empire (London, 1992), Biographical Appendix, p.264, entry for Johan Behr (1673-1742).
Service record
- SWEDEN, WANGELIN'S DRAGOONS
- Arrived 1676-01-01, as CAPTAIN
- Departed 1688-12-31, as LT. COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- , HUNGARY
- Arrived 1684-01-01
- Departed 1684-12-31, as OFFICER
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ERSKIN'S REGIMENT
- Arrived 1689-01-01, as COLONEL IN CHIEF
- Departed 1692-12-31, as COLONEL IN CHIEF
- Capacity COMMANDING OFFICER, purpose MILITARY