53 Gotthard Wilhelm Marcks von Württemberg

Gotthard Wilhelm Marcks von Württemberg
Lieutenant-general

✶ 14 May 1688 in Riga
✟ 17 February 1778 at Gotthardsberg, Lerbo parish (Södermanlands county)

Appointed

Stockholm 25 November 1754
Knighted 28 April 1755 in the Royal Chapel

motto

Merces veræ virtutis (The reward of true virtue)

shield

Painted 1764/65 by Johan Pasch. Renovated 1950 by David Friefeldt.

other awards

Knight of the Order of the Sword 1748
Commander of the Order of the Sword 1750

Biography

Baron 1759 (introduced in 1776)
Lieutenant-general 1751
General of the infantry 1755
Field Marshal 1763

Placement

Not on display.