Rutger Macklean, 2nd Friherre

Baron Rutger Macklean, 2nd Friherre (1688-1748) married Baroness Vilhelmina Eleonora Coyet and had as their sons, Baron David Macklean, 3rd Friherre, and Baron Rutger Macklean, 4th Friherre.^[1]

Parents[]

David Makeléer (1646-1708)

References[]

^ "Rutger Maclean". Electric Scotland. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/sweden/18.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-28. "His father was one of Charles XII’s officers, and the first of his ancestors in Sweden was Iain or Hanns Macleer, the Gothenburg merchant who actively helped Montrose during the latter’s visit to Gothenburg in 1650. Johan Macleer had been raised to the Swedish nobility in 1649, and in the following year was created an English baronet by Charles I as a reward for his services in helping Montrose. His Swedish wife had a sister who was married to Jakob Makeleer, a silk mercer in Stockholm. The two brothers-in-law were obviously related and possibly brothers. They seem to have been the first of their family to settle in Sweden. ..."

[1] "Rutger Maclean". Electric Scotland. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/sweden/18.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-28. "His father was one of Charles XII’s officers, and the first of his ancestors in Sweden was Iain or Hanns Macleer, the Gothenburg merchant who actively helped Montrose during the latter’s visit to Gothenburg in 1650. Johan Macleer had been raised to the Swedish nobility in 1649, and in the following year was created an English baronet by Charles I as a reward for his services in helping Montrose. His Swedish wife had a sister who was married to Jakob Makeleer, a silk mercer in Stockholm. The two brothers-in-law were obviously related and possibly brothers. They seem to have been the first of their family to settle in Sweden. ..."

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