Kymmenegård and Nyslott County
Kymmenegård and Nyslott County Kymmenegårds och Nyslotts län Savonlinnan ja Kymenkartanon lääni | |||||||||||||
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County of Villmanstrand 1 | |||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1721 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1747 | ||||||||||||
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1 Finnish: Lappeenranta |
Kymmenegård and Nyslott County (
Sweden
from 1721 to 1747.
In 1721, following the Great Northern War, the southern parts of the counties of Viborg and Nyslott and Kexholm were ceded by the Treaty of Nystad to the Russian Empire. The remaining territories were joined into the new County of Kymmenegård and Nyslott. In 1743 following a
County of Savolax and Kymmenegård
.
Maps
Governors
- Johan Henrik Friesenheim 1721–1737
- Joachim von Dittmer 1738–1741
- Carl Johan Stiernstedt 1741–1746