Lieutenant General Robert Muhl

Lieutenant General Robert Muhl (1683–1760) in 1728. Robert Muhl was the last male member of his military family. He participated in numerous battles in the Great Northern War and was shot in the left thigh, for example. In Poltava, he lost his horse and almost became a prisoner of war. From Chernivtsi, he was taken to Tobolsk, from where he fled in 1720. He participated in battles in Finland as late as in the 1740s. Robert Muhl was buried in Turku Cathedral.

Artist: J. David Swartz. H5674:1.