Baron Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt
✶1 April 1757 at Juva, S:t Mårtens (Turku)
✟ 19 August 1814 at Zarskoje Selo (S:t Petersburg), Russia
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 22 November 1790
Knighted 28 April 1791 in the Royal Chapel
Removed from the register 22 September 1794-16 November 1799.
Foreign knight 25 November 1811.
motto
Trogen and ståndaktig (Faithful and persistent)
shield
Painted 1791 by Lars Bolander
other awards
Knight of the Order of the Sword 1788,
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (1st class) 1789
Biography
Finnish Count 1811
Valet de chambre 1783
Condemned to death as a traitor and had his property confiscated 1794-99, so he fled to Russia.
Lord of the Realm 1809
Finnish subject and Russian general 1811
Governor General of Finland 1813
Member of the Swedish Academy 1786-94 and 1805-11 (chair XVII)
Placement
