 Married 1853 to Baroness Hedvig Lewenhaupt, with whom he had ten children.Axel Adlercreutz was born in Skara in present-day Västra Götaland County, the son of Lieutenant General Gustaf Magnus Adlercreutz and Margareta Elisabeth Charlotta von Arbin.He received a Bachelor of Laws degree at Uppsala 1845 and then made a typical and successful career in the civil service