Gustaf Mannerheim was born on 4 June 1867 in Askainen, Finland. He was married to Anastasia Arapova. He died on 27 January 1951 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.
Was visited by Adolf Hitler on his 75th birthday in 1942. Hitler, who respected Mannerheim and Finnish soldiers, honored Marshall Mannerheim by awarding him the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle in Gold.
