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Count Axel von Fersen
His Excellency the Right Honourable
Count Axel von Fersen, dressed in the robes of a Swedish Privy Councilor, with various chivalric orders
Marshal of the Realm
Tenure1770–1810
1770–1790
PredecessorJohan Gabriel Oxenstierna
SuccessorMagnus Stenbock
Lord of the Realm
Titular tenure1799–1810
Minister to the King of France
Tenure1790–1793
PredecessorErik Magnus Staël von Holstein
SuccessorErik Magnus Staël von Holstein
Minister to the Emperor of Austria
Tenure1791–1791
PredecessorLars von Engeström
Minister to the Second Congress of Rastatt
Tenure1797–1798
PredecessorPosition Established
SuccessorPosition Abolished
Chancellor of Uppsala University
Tenure1799–1810
PredecessorGustav IV Adolf
SuccessorCharles XIV John
Born(1755-09-04)4 September 1755
Stockholm, Sweden
Died20 June 1810(1810-06-20) (aged 54)
Burial
Ljungs kyrka, Östergötland
Names
Hans Axel von Fresen
Housevon Fersen
FatherAxel von Fersen the Elder
MotherHedvig Catharina von Fersen
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Diplomat
  • Military Official
Military service
Branch/serviceSwedish Army
French Army
Years of service1770–1810
1770–1790
RankMestre de camp propriétaire of Régiment Royal-Suédois (France)
General of Horse (Sweden)
Battles/wars
  • American Revolutionary War
  • Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)
AwardsKnight of the Order of the Sword, 1781
Member of the Society of the Cincinnati, 1783
Member of the Institution of Military Merit, 1786
Knight Commander of the Order of the Sword, 1791
Knight Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword, 1798
Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim, 1800.

Hans Axel von Fersen (Swedish: [hɑːns ˈǎksɛl fɔn ˈfæ̌ʂːɛn]; 4 September 1755 – 20 June 1810), known as Axel de Fersen in France, was a Swedish count, Marshal of the Realm of Sweden, a General of Horse in the royal Swedish Army, one of the Lords of the Realm, aide-de-camp to Rochambeau in the American Revolutionary War, diplomat and statesman, and a friend of Queen Marie-Antoinette of France. Von Fersen was lynched by a Stockholm mob, following rumors of his involvement in the death of Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden.

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Hans Axel von Fersen (Swedish: [hɑːns ˈǎksɛl fɔn ˈfæ̌ʂːɛn]; 4 September 1755 – 20 June 1810), known as Axel de Fersen in France, was a Swedish count, Marshal...

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Fredrik Axel von Fersen (5 April 1719 – 24 April 1794) was a Swedish statesman and soldier of Baltic German descent. He served as Lord Marshal of the Riksdag...

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Axel von Fersen

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Axel von Fersen may refer to: Axel von Fersen the Elder (1719–1794), Swedish statesman and soldier Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755–1810), Swedish Army...

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Sophie Piper

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von Fersen the Elder and Hedvig Catharina von Fersen and the sister of Axel von Fersen the Younger, Hedvig Eleonora von Fersen and Fabian von Fersen (1762–1818)...

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Favourite

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substantial part in the murder of her son and heir Count Axel von Fersen the Younger (died 1810), was a lover and trusted friend of the last Queen of France...

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Hedda von Fersen

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Denmark. She was the daughter of Axel von Fersen the Elder and Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie, and the sister of Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Sophie Piper...

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Louise von Fersen

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married the courtier count Fabian Reinhold von Fersen in 1797. By marriage, she became the sister-in-law to the famous Axel von Fersen the Younger as well...

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Carl von Fersen

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Reinhold von Fersen and Eleonora Margareta Wachtmeister and the brother of Axel von Fersen the Elder, and thus the uncle of Axel von Fersen the Younger. He married...

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List of Swedish military commanders

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Field Marshal Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755–1810) Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757–1814) Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1757–1815) Georg Carl von Döbeln (1758–1820)...

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De la Gardie family

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(1732–1800), daughter of Magnus Julius, wife of Axel von Fersen the Elder and mother of Axel von Fersen the Younger. Hedvig Ulrika De la Gardie (1761–1832),...

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Marie Antoinette

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life: the return of her friend, the Swedish diplomat Count Axel von Fersen the Younger to Versailles for two years, and her brother's claim to the throne...

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Fersen family

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The Fersen family, stylized as the von Fersen (German: Versen), is a Baltic-German noble family grouped into several ennobled branches that settled in...

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Lord of the Realm

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Essen (1755–1824) Carl Reinhold von Fersen (1716–1786) Fabian Reinhold von Fersen (1762–1818) Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755–1810) Claes Adolph Fleming...

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Bonde Palace

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and the mob beating of statesman Axel von Fersen the Younger to death in 1810. As the bridge Vasabron, extending the alley Riddarhusgränd between the Bonde...

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Society of the Cincinnati

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Mitchell Varnum Colonel Axel von Fersen the Younger (French Army) Lieutenant Colonel Curt von Stedingk (French Army) Major General Baron Von Steuben Colonel and...

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June 20

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Kästner, German mathematician and academic (b. 1719) 1810 – Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (b. 1755) 1815 – Guillaume Philibert...

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The Time Tunnel

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The Time Tunnel is an American color science fiction TV series written around a theme of time travel adventure starring James Darren and Robert Colbert...

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Ljung Castle

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Elder, Hedvig Catharina von Fersen, the famous Axel von Fersen the Younger, Fabian Reinhold von Fersen until the von Fersen family died out in 1839 and...

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