Count Fredric Wilhelm von Hessenstein
Colonel
✶ 17 March 1735 in Stockholm
✟ 27 July 1808 at the Palace of Panken (Plön), Holstein
Appointed
Stockholm 24 November 1755 (as a foreign knight)
Declared a swedish knight 22 November 1762 and received the chain 28 April 1764.
motto
Missing
shield
Painted 1764/65 by Johan Pasch
other awards
Commander of the Order of the Sword 1748
Biography
Natural son to King Fredrik I and Countess Hedvig Taube.
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire 1772
Swedish Fürst 1785
Durchlaucht 1799
Colonel 1747
Field Marshal 1773
Lord of the Realm 1773
Cabinet Minister 1776-1791
General governor in Pomerania 1776-1791
Placement
Not on display.