Berndt Otto Stackelberg


Berndt Otto Stackelberg
Born(1662-05-14)14 May 1662
Reval, Livonia
Died29 August 1734(1734-08-29) (aged 72)
Åbo, Finland
Allegiance
Years of service1685–1734
RankField marshal
(Fältmarskalk)
CommandsBjörneborg County infantry Regiment
Åbo County Infantry Regiment
Battles / wars
Spouse(s)
Margareta Elisabeth Maidel
(m. 1696)

Friherre Berndt Otto von Stackelberg (14 May 1662 – 29 August 1734), also known as Berndt Otto Stackelberg the Elder, was a Swedish field marshal (fältmarskalk) and nobleman. Stackelberg fought in the Great Northern War as a subordinate to Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt and King Charles XII, seeing action in a number of major battles until his capture at the battle of Poltava. After the war, and his subsequent release, he would be given overall command of Swedish forces in Finland.