Hans Reinhold von Fersen (2 March 1683

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– 25 May 1736

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) was a Swedish

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, politician and soldier. He served as

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from 1720 and as president of the

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from 1731. He was the son of count Reinhold Johan von Fersen and Anna Sophia von Ungern-Sternberg. In 1715 he himself married countess Eleonora Margareta Wachtmeister, daughter of the royal counsellor

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. They had two children: * Carl Reinhold von Fersen (7 April 1716, Stockholm – 7 May 1786, Stockholm) * Fredrik Axel von Fersen (5 April 1719 – 24 April 1794)

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