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Hans Axel von Fersen , 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.
Portrait of Count Hans Axel von Fersen , 1784. Found in the... News Photo Getty Images
Axel von Fersen was a Swedish Count best known for the close friendship he enjoyed with Queen Marie Antoinette. He also played a prominent political role, earning fame for his military exploits during the American War of Independence and as an ardent defender of the royal family during the Revolution.
Hans Axel von Fersen, conde de Fersen Colección Museo Nacional del Prado
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with researcher Anne Michelin of Sorbonne University about the recently decoded love letters between French Queen Marie Antoinette and Swedish Count Axel Von Fersen.
Lorenz Pasch the Younger Portrait of the Swedish Count Hans Axel von Fersen, date unknown
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. Axel was the second of four children; he had two sisters, Hedvig Eleonora and Eva Sophie, and one brother, Fabian Reinhold.
Portrait miniature of Count Hans Axel vo Noël Hallé as art print or hand painted oil.
During these pregnancies, propagandists questioned the paternity of the royal children, identifying a rotating cast of courtiers—among them the Swedish Count Axel von Fersen—as their real fathers.
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Le comte Axel de Fersen, issu d'une des plus grandes familles de la noblesse suédoise, rencontre pour la première fois Marie-Antoinette en 1774 à Paris, au bal de l'Opéra. Il fait vive impression sur la souveraine qui s'exclamera « c'est une vieille connaissance ! », lorsqu'elle le retrouvera à la Cour quatre ans plus tard.
Count Hans Axel von Fersen (1755 1810) Artwork, Art, Marie
Marie Antoinette's censored love letters have been read using X-rays. During the throes of the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette expressed her love for Swedish count Axel von Fersen through.
Axel von Fersen d y (17551810), greve, riksmarskalk Nationalmuseum / DigitaltMuseum
Hans Axel von Fersen, (born Sept. 4, 1755, Stockholm, Sweden—died June 20, 1810, Stockholm), Swedish-French soldier, diplomat, and statesman who was active in counterrevolutionary activity after the French Revolution of 1789 and the rise of Napoleon. The son of Fredrik Axel von Fersen, Hans, like his father, transferred from the Swedish to.
Hans Axel von Fersen Wikipedia Miniature portraits, Marie Portrait
Hans Axel von Fersen (Stockholm 4 September 1755 - Stockholm 20 June 1810) was a Swedish Count, a Lieutenant General in the Royal Swedish Army, one of the Lords of the Realm, diplomat and statesman. He is famous in history as the alleged lover of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Krahv Hans Axel von Fersen (4. september 1755 - 20. juuni 1810.
Axel von Fersen Palace of Versailles
Axel von Fersen the Elder. Fredrik Axel von Fersen. Count Fredrik Axel von Fersen (5 April 1719 - 24 April 1794) [1] was a Swedish statesman and soldier of Baltic German descent. He served as Lord Marshal of the Riksdag of the Estates, and although he worked closely with King Gustav III before and through the Revolution of 1772, he later.
Portrait miniature of Count Hans Axel von Fersen (17551810) (oil on canvas) by Bridgeman Art
Her confidant, Axel von Fersen, was a Swedish count, and one of the French queen's close friends. Between the summers of 1791 and 1792, though the queen was kept under close surveillance after a.
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Marie Antoinette and Count Hans Axel von Fersen of Sweden met as teenagers at a masquerade ball, when she was still Dauphine of France, and he became a frequent visitor to Versailles thereafter.
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Axel von Fersen had an emotional, and perhaps physical, affair with Marie Antoinette beginning in the 1770s. Getty Images. Although Louis and Marie were fond of each other (unlike most other royal.
Lieutenant General Count Hans Axel von Fersen (1755 1810) was a Swedish Army officer, Stock
"The portrait of the young Axel von Fersen represents a rare interlude in 18th-century Swedish-British relations. As far as we know, few Swedes were immortalised by British artists in those days. This iconic portrait of Fersen is an unusually fine work by an unknown British miniaturist, in a style somewhat reminiscent of stipple engraving, which was the great innovation of the time."
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Count Axel von Fersen, the dashing Swedish soldier who had once been the queen's paramour, declared his intent to gather a group of brave men, ride to Paris, and storm the Temple in a veritable suicide mission. Count de La Marck urged the Austrian court at Vienna to offer a ransom for the queen's release, emphasizing how embarrassing it.
