Margareta von Ascheberg

Margareta von Aschberg was a Swedish noble, landowner, and acting regiment colonel during the Great Northern War (1700-1721).

Margareta von Ascheberg was the youngest of Rutger von Ascheberg twenty children and seems to have inherited most of his father's power and talent. She married Kjell Christopher Barnekow in 1691. At the beginning of the the Great Northern War her husband was appointed colonel of the Scanian dragoons, which he had to equip himself. He died of a fever on 19 December 1700 and his obligations fell to his wife. In her capacity as a colonel she equipped the regiment, appointed the officers of the regiment and sat at the inspection office of the regiment when it was sent to war from Kristianstad.

Margareta also managed the estates of her late husband which included Vittskövle, Rosendal and Örtofta in Scania, Gammel-Kjöge on Själland, Ralsvik and Streu on Rügen. To this she added estates of Eliinge, Sövdeborg and Tosterup. Her management of estates was successful and was known for anonymous donations to the poor in the parishes of her estates.