Axel Wachtmeister, Count of Mälsåker

Axel Wachtmeister (13 January 1643 – 24 July 1699) was a Swedish count and field marshal. Axel Wachtmeister was the younger son of Hans Wachtmeister and Agnes Margareta von Helmstedt. His elder brother was Swedish admiral (and their father's namesake) Hans Wachtmeister. His father was a member of an Estonian-Finnish-German family of incorporated Swedish nobles, and was elevated to the title of Baron of Koivisto, near Viipuri, eastern Finland, in 1653. He married Baroness Anna Maria Soop (1660-1735), who married into the Gyllenstierna family after his death.

Axel Wachtmeister, Count of Mälsåker

Axel Wachtmeister (13 January 1643 – 24 July 1699) was a Swedish count and field marshal. Axel Wachtmeister was the younger son of Hans Wachtmeister and Agnes Margareta von Helmstedt. His elder brother was Swedish admiral (and their father's namesake) Hans Wachtmeister. His father was a member of an Estonian-Finnish-German family of incorporated Swedish nobles, and was elevated to the title of Baron of Koivisto, near Viipuri, eastern Finland, in 1653. He married Baroness Anna Maria Soop (1660-1735), who married into the Gyllenstierna family after his death.