Johan August Meijerfeldt The Younger
Count Johan August Meijerfeldt (4 May 1725–21 April 1800) was a Swedish field marshal. To distinguish him from his father, Johan August Meijerfeldt the Elder, he is generally referred to as Johan August Meijerfeldt the Younger. He pursued a military career both outside Sweden, and as an officer in Swedish service in the Pomeranian War and the Russo-Swedish War. Towards the end of the latter war, he was given command of all Swedish land forces in Finland, and promoted to field marshal at the end of the war. He was married to Louise Meijerfeldt. Biography The Meijerfeldt family came from Livonia. Johan August Meijerfeldt the Younger was born in Stralsund in Swedish Pomerania on 4 May 1725. He began a military career early in life. In 1737 he was already serving in a regiment in his hometown. In 1744 he was promoted to the rank of captain, and the following year received royal permission to leave the country to fight in the War of the Austrian Succession on the side of Austria, fir ...
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Johan August Meijerfeldt, 1725, 1800
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