Cornelius Cruys

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Cornelius Cruys
Birth name	Niels Olsen Creutz
Born	(1655-06-14)14 June 1655 Stavanger, Denmark–Norway
Died	14 June 1727(1727-06-14) (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^[a] 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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