Berndt Otto Stackelberg


Berndt Otto Stackelberg
Born(1662-05-14)14 May 1662
Died29 August 1734(1734-08-29) (aged 72)
Allegiance
Service years1685–1734
RankField marshal
(Fältmarskalk)
CommandsBjörneborg County infantry Regiment
Åbo County Infantry Regiment
Conflicts
Spouse
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.