Overview
{{Infobox royalty
| title = His Excellency the Right Honourable
| name = Count Axel von Fersen
| image = Hans Axel von Fersen2.jpg
| caption = <small> Count Axel von Fersen, dressed in the robes of a Swedish Privy Councilor, with various chivalric orders</small>
| succession = Marshal of the Realm
| moretext =
| reign = 1770–18101770–1790
| reign-type = Tenure
| predecessor = Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna
| regent =
| reg-type =
| successor = Magnus Stenbock
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
| death_date =
| burial_place = Ljungs kyrka, Östergötland
| spouse =
| full name = Hans Axel von Fresen
| house = von Fersen
| father = Axel von Fersen the Elder
| mother = Hedvig Catharina von Fersen
| occupation = *Politician
Diplomat
Military Official
| religion =
| succession1 = Lord of the Realm
| reign-type1 = Titular tenure
| reign1 = 1799–1810
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| succession2 = Minister to the King of France
| reign-type2 = Tenure
| reign2 = 1790–1793
| predecessor2 = Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein
| successor2 = Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein
| succession3 = Minister to the Emperor of Austria
| reign-type3 = Tenure
| reign3 = 1791–1791
| predecessor3 = Lars von Engeström
| succession4 = Minister to the Second Congress of Rastatt
| reign-type4 = Tenure
| reign4 = 1797–1798
| predecessor4 = Position Established
| successor4 = Position Abolished
| succession5 = Chancellor of Uppsala University
| reign-type5 = Tenure
| reign5 = 1799–1810
| predecessor5 = Gustav IV Adolf
| successor5 = Charles XIV John
| module =
}}
Hans Axel von Fersen (; 4 September 175520 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 roumors of his involvement in the death of Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden.
Life
Descent and early life
Axel von Fersen was born in 1755 to Field Marshal Axel von Fersen the Elder and countess Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie. He was nephew of Eva Ekeblad and grandson of General Hans Reinhold Fersen.
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
