STRANG, HANS [SSNE 3605]

Surname

STRANG, STRÅNG

First name

HANS, JOHAN, JOHN

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Hans Strang was the son of John Strang [SSNE 1735] and his wife Karin Andersdotter Bagge. He had at least two sisters, named Karin and Magdalena, and at least two brothers named Albert and William. One source says Hans Strang never married; another says he married around 1620 and had a son named Hercules.

Hans Strang followed in his father's footsteps and became a cavalry man in Swedish service. He first served as a lieutenant with Patrick Ruthven's [SSNE 3413] Kalmar regiment in 1627, as part of Frans Ruthven's [SSNE 3404] company. By 1630 Hans Strang was serving as lieutenant in the Kronoberg regiment. In the 1631 muster roll for Bengt Slatte's regiment Hans Strang was listed as "förare".

In 1634 Hans Strang was promoted to captain. Strang died at the battle of Wittstock in Germany in 1637.

Sources: Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1627/12; 1628/4; 1629/10,12,15,17; 1630/9,13; 1631/6,7; 1634/7; 1635/1,11,28,31; 1636/1; 1637/9 DEAD AT WITTSTOCK; F. Rudelius, Kalmar Regementes Personhistoria 1623-1927 (2 vols., Norrköping, 1952) I, p.51; J Silfving, 'Släkten Strang från Skottland'; Kronobergs regementes officerare, p.27.

Service record

SWEDEN, PATRICK RUTHVEN

Arrived 1627-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1629-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, KRONOBERG

Arrived 1630-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1636-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY