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    The Armfelt family is a Swedish, a Finnish and a Russian noble family. Members of this family were awarded with the title of Baron and Count in Sweden...
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    Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (Russian: Граф Густав-Маврикий Максимович Армфельт, tr, Gustav-Mavrikiy Maksimovich Armfel't; 31 March 1757 – 19 August 1814)...
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    The Armfelt Conspiracy was a plot in Sweden in 1793. The purpose was to depose the de jure regent Duke Charles and the de facto regent Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm...
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    Железнова; born Alexandrine Armfelt; 16 September 1866 – 6 March 1933) was a Finnish-Russian composer. Born Countess Alexandrine Armfelt into a Finnish noble...
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    “Gustavovitch” Magnus Armfelt (April 2, 1792 – July 8, 1856) was a Swedish-Finnish-Russian lieutenant general, governor and statesman. Armfelt's parents were General...
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    Finland in 1812, the Finnish-born Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt became counsellor to the Russian emperor. Armfelt was instrumental in securing the grand duchy as...
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    Karl Gustaf (Gustav) Hjalmar Armfeldt (also spelled Armfelt; 6 April 1873 – 7 July 1959) was a Finnish silversmith and Fabergé workmaster. He was born...
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    Ingria to lieutenant colonel Gustaf Armfelt and Anna Elisabet Brakel. Like other members of his family, Armfelt devoted himself to war and at seventeen...
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    while a 4,000-strong unit advanced on land under General Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt. The Swedish coastal fleet clashed briefly with a group of Russian galleys...
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    men; the left column, led by Eberhard von Vegesack with Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt in command, would attack the French center—it consisted of one battalion...
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    It resulted in a Russian victory, leading to the Swedes commanded by Armfelt burning the entire city of Helsinki when retreating. Destroyed after the...
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    attackers until the Russians landed at their flank at Sandviken, which forced Armfelt to retire towards Porvoo (Borgå) after setting afire both the town and...
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    general Gustav Armfelt, her mother's lover and her tutor.[citation needed] The secret relationship with a much older and married Armfelt resulted in the...
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    Stockholm), was a Swedish lady-in-waiting. She was married to Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt. She was the head governess of the Swedish royal children in 1799–1803...
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  • rebel leader who fought with the government for 30 years. Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, attempted to overthrow the guardian-government of King Gustav IV Adolf...
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    the cause of the harsh treatment he exposed her to as regent during the Armfelt conspiracy. After the late 1790s, when his health deteriorated as a result...
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    Hans Henric von Essen, Carl Gustaf Nordin and Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt. Ironically, Armfelt’s uncle Carl Gustaf Armfeldt the Younger [sv] was a vehement opponent...
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    Armfelt, who conspired to depose the guardian government of King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden by an alliance with Russia. The co-conspirator of Armfelt,...
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    with the Royal Right of Disposal. Gustavian Party Ulrica Eleonora Rålamb Armfelt Conspiracy Georg, Count Adlersparre at the Encyclopædia Britannica "statskuppen...
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    Denmark. King Gustav IV instead approved the plan drawn up by Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, on an invasion of Norway to compensate for a possible loss of Finland...
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    Hisinger. Count Armfelt fought in the Napoleonic Wars, and he was adjutant to Emperor Alexander I. Count Aminoff acted as Chairman when Armfelt was away from...
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    Governor-General by the influential Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt. However, due to Armfelt's fragile health, Steinheil soon returned to the post of Governor-General...
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    formed with two of his courtiers, Count Axel von Fersen and Baron Gustav Armfelt, were alluded to in that regard. His sister-in-law Charlotte implied as...
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    lady-in-waiting and conspirator. She was a key member of the Gustavian Armfelt Conspiracy who conspired to depose the regency government of Duke Charles...
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    Fessler, Karamzin, Rostopchin, the Finnish general Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt and the Minister State Secretary of the Grand Duchess of Finland in St...
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    border in several brigades, of which the General-in-chief, Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, followed the first; he arrived at the strong Norwegian position at Lier...
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    Field Marshal Axel von Fersen the Younger (1755–1810) Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt (1757–1814) Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1757–1815) Georg Carl von Döbeln (1758–1820)...
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    an interesting mixture." Jamie Anderson – vocals Cari Crow – drums Phil Armfelt – guitar (since 2018) Freddan Hiitomaa – bass (since 2020) Former members...
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  • against her brother-in-law Gustaf III failed. 1793: The Armfelt Conspiracy by Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, in companionship with Magdalena Rudenschöld, with the...
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