Armfelt

Armfelt, Gustav Mauritz, Baron, born in 1757, a Flemish nobleman, who was appointed by Gustavus III. of Sweden in 1788 to command one of the divisions of the army put in the field against Russia. In 1792, on the death of the king, he was made governor of Stockholm and member of the regency. Accused of conspiracy he fled to Russia, but returned in 1799, and held various posts till 1810, when he was suspected of poisoning the Prince of Augustenburg. He again found an asylum in Russia, where he was loaded with honours. He died at Tzarskoe-Selo in 1814.