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Born April 5, 1719 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died April 24, 1794 (aged 75) • Stockholm • Sweden
Political Affiliation Hat Party
Role In Seven Years’ War • War of the Austrian Succession

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Fredrik Axel von Fersen; pastel by Gustaf Lundberg; in Gripsholm Castle, Sweden
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