Adm. Claes Kristersson Horn af Åminne

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Friherre till Åminne 1561.

Han deltog vid lite över tjugo års ålder i valriksdagen i Västerås 1544. Kort därefter blev han häradshövding i Raseborgs län och 1554 började han på krigarbanan, där han blev utnämnd till "överste för knektarna".

Horn var med i stora ryska kriget under befäl Jakob Bagge. 1556 gjorde de ett infall i Ryssland och försvarade det belägrade Viborg. Hans tapperhet där gjorde att han blev ståthållare över Viborgs län. Han fick också som uppdrag att tillsammans med Bagge försöka medla fred med Ryssland, vilket också lyckades 1557.

När Erik XIV kröntes till kung 1561 upphöjdes Klas till friherre och samma år var han ledare för de trupper som kungen lät översända till Estland. Där hade han sedan högsta befälet i två år, och hade oftast där en oavbruten framgång. Då kriget mot Danmark bröt ut 1563 blev han återkallad och sedan sänd till den småländska gränsen där kungen själv förde befälet över en krigshär. Detta fälttåg gick dock inte så bra, och "äran" blev liten. Efter att Bagge tagits tillfånga 1564 blev Klas högsta befäl över flottan och den 12 augusti samma år drabbade han samman med den danska flottan vid ön Jungfrun i Kalmarsund, där han efter två dagar stod som segrare - medan danskarna flydde.

Efter detta följde han med kungen då de anföll Blekinge, och där Lyckeby och Ronneby intogs och Ronneby blodbad genomfördes i september 1564.

Senare på året sändes han på plundrartåg in på det danska området där han brände Sölvesborg, brandskattade Åhus, skövlade Halland och återvände med ett rikt byte och femhundra fångar. Tidigt på vintern gjorde han ett nytt angrepp på Halland där han brände Laholm och Engelholm. Som "belöning" för sina härjningar lät kungen ställa iordning ett praktfullt intåg i huvudstaden, till hans ära. I juli 1566 sammandrabbade han återigen med fiender utanför Öland, och efter detta fick han befälet över lantarmén som skulle överraska Halmstad. Han dog emellertid under resan på väg dit, i Åby prästgård i Östergötland den 9 september 1566, 46 år gammal, troligen av pesten. Gravplats: Uppsala domkyrka

Klas Kristersson Horn was a Swedish admiral of Finnish origin. He was born around 1517 in Åminne . He participated in the Seven Years War between Denmark and Sweden 1,563 - 1570 , where he won a decisive victory over the Danish fleet on July 7 1565 and July 26 1566 , he won over a combined Danish-lübecksk fleet near Öland . He died on September 9 of that year the plague . Married (1551-01-03) by Kerstin Krumme (1532-1611).

He Klas Horn was the son of the centurion and the steward at the Turku Castle in Finland Krister Klasson (Horn) , Sr. to Åminne and Ingeborg Sigge Daughter Sparre . He was probably born on the family farm Åminne .

Early career in the East

His early schooling was Klas Horn page of Duke Philip I of Pomerania and then as hovjunkare of the Swedish king Gustav Vasa . 1550 he became a district judge for southern Finland and Raseborg County. During the Great Russian War , he was appointed in 1555 by King Gustav Vasa to the commanders of the army and followed the fall of that year with James Bagge on his train to Noteborg . 1556 he became one of the governors of Vyborg and the year after the commander in Vyborg . In this post he was to become acquainted with the Estonian situation and became in 1560 a Swedish envoy in that country. In 1561 he was sent by King Eric XIV of Reval (now Tallinn ), where he persuaded the city's residents and nobility of the provinces Harrien and Wierland in June conform in Sweden. The same year he was mentioned as King Eric "rådsförvandt" and received the king's coronation that year baronial dignity. After having laid the foundation of the Swedish empire south of the Gulf of Finland , he continued in the near future to successfully promote its enlargement. 1561 advising him to advise the newly appointed governor of Reval Lars Fleming . In 1562 Estonia was separated military and civilian administration, and Klas Horn took over the military command. The same year he conquered PADI and Wittenstein .

Nordic Seven Years War

Later in 1562 he returned to Sweden and began the last and most successful period in his life. In the Nordic Seven Years War (1563-70), he had constantly missions both the Army and Navy. After 1563 it participated in the less successful campaign against Halmstad he made ​​in February 1564, together with Gustaf Olofsson (Capricorn) , an unsuccessful attempt to invade Bohus . Although he was severely reproached by the king, yet he was sent first to the Charleston County to take command of our forces there, and then, August 8, 1564, he was appointed admiral. After a successful battle against the Danes and Lybeck are at the northern tip of Öland , he was called back to the army and burned, after the conquest of Ronneby , (along with Mornay ) Sölvesborg and Elleholm . Barely back from this, he returned for a short time in September admiral of that, back in January 1565 to be back on land with a "strövkår" (like hunting units or guerrilla) burn the then Danish cities Laholm , Engelholm and Bastad and the surrounding countryside. As early as May 15 he sailed from Dalarö as admiral and destroyed a hostile flotilla at the Pomeranian coast and injagade consternation in Copenhagen by diving into the Sound . On June 4, he hit together with the Unified Danish- Lübeck fleet outside Buckow . Without definitively ruling returned the enemy of the Sound, then the horn for a time dominated the Baltic Sea , procured a variety of ships and ravaged Mon . When the enemy returned the ports was July 7 a bloody battle between Rügen and Bornholm . The losses were great on both sides, but the Danes were larger and they lost including its two flagship. A watch sailing fleet in the fall met no enemy.

On May 23, 1566 the fleet sailed from Elfsnabben with a large number of ships, and, as before, he procured a variety of vessels, took the duty of others - this time without opposition in the Sound. After having brought home the many hijacked merchant ships to Dalarö, he sailed again on 15 July and met July 26 with the main enemy again: the Danish and Lübeck fleet. Substituting kanonader but parted without judgment. Enemy ships went to Gotland , where they were destroyed by a storm, and the Swedes returned to Elfsnabben.

The final journey

Now Horn was commissioned by King Erik XIV to surprise Halmstad , which Horn this time were hesitant to. On the way there, in Aby deanery in Östergötland , he died in the plague September 9, 1566. His death was a great loss to Sweden and King Erik. Several ships are named after him sjöhjälte.

He is buried in Uppsala Cathedral .

Trivia

Several ships have been named after Klas Horn:

The ship Klas Horn who served in the Finnish Navy.

The torpedo cruiser HMS Claes Horn as tjänstgjordei Swedish navy.

Destroyer Class horn that died at Horsfjärdskatastrofen .