ERSKINE, KARL GUSTAF [SSNE 2164]

Surname

ERSKINE, ERSKEIN, ERSKIN, ERSKIEN, VON ERSKINE

First name

KARL GUSTAF, CARL GUSTAV

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

Departed 1688-12-31, as LT. COLONEL

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

, HUNGARY

Departed 1684-12-31, as OFFICER

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ERSKIN'S REGIMENT

Departed 1692-12-31, as COLONEL IN CHIEF

Capacity COMMANDING OFFICER, purpose MILITARY