| Count Axel von Fersen | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
| Tenure | 1770–1810 1770–1790 | ||||
| Predecessor | Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna | ||||
| Successor | Magnus Stenbock | ||||
| Lord of the Realm | |||||
| Titular tenure | 1799–1810 | ||||
| Minister to the King of France | |||||
| Tenure | 1790–1793 | ||||
| Predecessor | Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein | ||||
| Successor | Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein | ||||
| Minister to the Emperor of Austria | |||||
| Tenure | 1791–1791 | ||||
| Predecessor | Lars von Engeström | ||||
| Minister to the Second Congress of Rastatt | |||||
| Tenure | 1797–1798 | ||||
| Predecessor | Position Established | ||||
| Successor | Position Abolished | ||||
| Chancellor of Uppsala University | |||||
| Tenure | 1799–1810 | ||||
| Predecessor | Gustav IV Adolf | ||||
| Successor | Charles XIV John | ||||
| Born | 4 September 1755 Stockholm, Sweden | ||||
| Died | 20 June 1810 (aged 54) | ||||
| Burial | Ljungs kyrka, Östergötland | ||||
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| House | von Fersen | ||||
| Father | Axel von Fersen the Elder | ||||
| Mother | Hedvig Catharina von Fersen | ||||
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| Military service | |||||
| Branch/service | Swedish Army French Army | ||||
| Years of service | 1770–1810 1770–1790 | ||||
| Rank | Mestre de camp propriétaire of Régiment Royal-Suédois (France) General of Horse (Sweden) | ||||
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| Awards | Knight 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.