Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck

Count Otto Wilhelm von Königsmarck (5 January 1639 – 15 September 1688[1]) was a German nobleman from Minden, who became a Swedish military officer.

Initially, Königsmarck was probably taught by the scholar Johann Heinrich Tonsor, but Esaias von Pufendorf was his preceptor (private tutor).

He studied at the University of Jena for over three years, where he became Rector magnificus due to his noble descent.

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.

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).