Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie

Pontus Fredrik De la Gardie (15 March 1726 – 7 August 1791) was a Swedish nobleman and military officer.

Biography

He was the third child of Magnus Julius De la Gardie and Hedvig Catharina Lillie, thus being a member of the De la Gardie family.

In 1744, he served the French in the Royal Swedish Regiment but moved back three years later to serve Swedish military duty, becoming corporal in the Royal Life Drabant Corps. He was promoted to major-general and adjutant-general of Adolph Frederick, King of Sweden. On 10 November 1778, he was appointed godfather of Gustav Adolph, Crown Prince of Sweden, for which he received Gustav III's Godparent Insignia and honoured the Lord of the Realm title.

De la Gardie married twice. First on 4 December 1748 with Catharina Charlotta Taube, daughter of Evert Didrik Taube af Odenkat. They had three children. Two years after her death, he remarried on 10 December 1765 with Hedvig Eva Rålamb, daughter of Claes Gustaf Rålamb. They had six children.

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