Count Axel Otto Mörner (8 June 1774 – 20 October 1852) was a

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artist and general.

Family

Mörner was born in Lekaryd Parish in

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, Sweden and was the son of Lieutenant Colonel Count Carl Gustaf Mörner and Sofia Elisabet Steuch. He was the brother of Hampus Mörner, Charlotta Mörner, Gustaf Fredrik Mörner and Carl Stellan Mörner.

Personal life

On 4 October 1801 he married

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1774 births 1852 deaths Swedish artists Swedish Army lieutenant generals Napoleonic Wars prisoners of war held by Norway Swedish military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Swedish Ministers for Defence Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class) {{Sweden-mil-bio-stub