Karel Willem Sparre Explained

Karel Willem Sparre
Birth Date:	19 July 1661
Birth Place:	Sweden
Death Date:	27 October
Death Place:	Brussel, Spanish Netherlands
Allegiance:	Swedish Empire (1688–1691) (1691–1709)
Branch:	Infantry
Rank:	Lieutenant general
Unit:	Dutch States Army
Battles:	Nine Years' War War of the Spanish Succession Cádiz Vigo Stekene Fort Saint Philippe Ramillies Ostend Oudenarde Lille Malplaquet

Willem Karel, Baron of Sparre, (19 July 1661 – 27 October 1710) was a Dutch States Army officer and nobleman. In this capacity, he took part in the Nine Years' War and played a prominent role in the War of the Spanish Succession. He would die of an injury sustained during the bloody Battle of Malplaquet.

Sicco van Goslinga, one of the Dutch field deputies that accompanied the allied army, and personal friend of Sparre had this to say about Sparre:

Sources

• Book: Van Nimwegen, Olaf . De Veertigjarige Oorlog 1672-1712: de strijd van de Nederlanders tegen de Zonnekoning (The 40 Years War 1672-1712: the Dutch struggle against the Sun King). Prometheus . 2020 . 978-90-446-3871-4. Dutch.
• Book: Wijn, J.W. . Het Staatsche Leger: Deel VIII Het tijdperk van de Spaanse Successieoorlog (The Dutch States Army: Part VIII-1 The era of the War of the Spanish Succession) . Martinus Nijhoff . 1956. Dutch.
• Book: Knoop, Willem Jan . Krijgs – en geschiedkundige geschriften. Deel 8 . Military and historical writings. Volume 8 . H. A. M. Roelants . 1867 . nl .