Cornelius Cruys

Cornelius Cruys
Cornelius Cruys
Birth name	Niels Olsen Creutz
Born	14 June 1655; Stavanger, Denmark–Norway
Died	14 June 1727 (aged 72); Saint Petersburg, Russia
Buried	Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
Allegiance	Dutch Republic (1696); Russia (1698);
Branch	Admiralty of Amsterdam; Imperial Russian Navy;
Service years	1696–1727
Rank	Admiral
Wars	Great Northern War Defense of Kotlin (1704–1705); Battle of Gogland (1713);
Spouse(s)	Catharina Voogt (m. 1681)

Cornelius Cruys (Norwegian: Niels Creutz, Russian: Корнелий Иванович Крюйс/Korneli Ivanovich Cruys; 14 June 1655 – 14 June 1727) was a Norwegian–Dutch admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy, and the first commander of the Russian Baltic Fleet.

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