Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck

17th-century Swedish military officer

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1639

Place of Birth: Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 05-Sep-1688

Profession: military personnel, diplomat

Nationality: Sweden, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Count Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck (5 January 1639 – 5 September 1688) was a Swedish military officer from Minden.
He attained the rank of field marshal in 1676, commanded the Battle of Stralsund (1678), and became Governor General for Swedish Pomerania from 1679 to 1687.
He was the son of Hans Christoff Königsmarck and the brother of Conrad Christoff Königsmarck.
He was also the uncle of Aurora Königsmarck, Amalia Wilhelmina Königsmarck, Philip Christoph Königsmarck and Karl Johann von Königsmarck.
Alongside Francesco Morosini, he led the Venetian conquest of the Morea in the early years of the Morean War, and died of the plague during the Siege of Negroponte (1688).