Biography
d'Albedyhll was born in 1679 in Riga. He was the son of Land Marshal Otto Reinhold von Albedyl and Hedvig Anna von Wulffen. d'Albedyhll became a student at Uppsala University in 1696. After his studies, he became a second lieutenant in Steinau's regiment in Polish service in 1699 and a brigadier general in 1700. He was a marshal at the embassy to Warsaw in 1703 and became a vice corporal in the Royal Majesty's brigands in 1705, corporal in 1708, lieutenant colonel, adjutant general of the wing in 1711, colonel of the Scanian three-man cavalry regiment in 1712 as well as colonel of the Scanian estate dragoons and major general of the cavalry in 1717. During the Great Nordic War, he accompanied Charles XII to Turkey. d'Albedyhll was raised to the rank of baron in 1720 and was introduced to the Knight's House the same year under number 183. He became colonel of the Ostrobothnian regiment in 1721 and of the Jönköping regiment in 1725. He was governor of Östergötland county 1736–1747. d'Albedyhll was appointed Knight of the Order of the Sword in 1748. He died in 1750 at Odensfors in the parish of Vreta monastery.
He owned Odensfors in the parish of Vreta Klosters.
Family
d'Albedyhll married Countess Hedvig Ulrika Mörner af Morlanda (1694–1758) on 22 February 1722 at Ålstorp. She was the daughter of Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Mörner af Morlanda and Catharina Margareta Bonde. Together they had the children Beata Christina d'Albedyhll (1724–1725), lieutenant colonel Carl Otto d'Albedyhll (1725–1775) at the Savolaks and Nyslott county regiment, lieutenant colonel Christer Reinhold d'Albedyhll (1727–1767) at the Ostrobothnian infantry regiment and lieutenant Gustaf d'Albedyhll (1730–1806) at the Östgöta infantry regiment.
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