Axel Wachtmeister (13 January 1643 – 24 July 1699) was a Swedish count and field marshal.

Axel Wachtmeister
BornAxel Wachtmeister Edit this on Wikidata
13 January 1643 Edit this on Wikidata
Stockholm Edit this on Wikidata
Died24 July 1699 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 56)
Stockholm Edit this on Wikidata
Resting placeRiddarholmen Church Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationMilitary personnel Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)Anna Maria Soop Edit this on Wikidata
Parent(s)
  • Hans Wachtmeister Edit this on Wikidata
  • Agnes Margrete von Helmstedt Edit this on Wikidata

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.

Axel Wachtmeister distinguished himself in the Scanian War (1675–1679), became a colonel in 1676 and was appointed Major General in 1679. In 1697, he was appointed chairman in the War College, the headquarters of the Swedish Army. From 1680 and onwards, he had the title Royal Counsellor and was a close associate of King Charles XI. Baron Axel Wachtmeister became count of Mälsåker and field marshal in 1693.

He married Baroness Anna Maria Soop (1660-1735), who married into the Gyllenstierna family after his death.

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