Fabian von Fersen
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Born | Tallinn, Swedish Estonia, Swedish Empire | February 7, 1626
Died | June 30, 1677 Malmö, Scania, Swedish Empire | (aged 51)
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Years of service | 1675–1677 |
Rank | Field Marshal |
Battles/wars | Torstenson War |
Baron Fabian von Fersen (February 7, 1626 – July 30, 1677) was a Swedish general, freelord, field-marshal and governor general of Skåne, Halland and Blekinge. He served the Swedish Empire in multiple wars and received appointments Field Marshal, and then Governor General of the Scanian lands, which included the provinces of Skåne, Halland and Blekinge in 1676.
Early life
[edit]Military career
[edit]Death
[edit]After his death he was buried in St Mary's Cathedral, Reval (Modern-day Tallinn), where a sarcophagus created by the sculptor Johann Gustav Stockenberg was erected in his memory. [1]
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- 1626 births
- 1677 deaths
- Field marshals of Sweden
- Governors-general of Sweden
- Swedish nobility
- 17th-century Swedish military personnel
- Swedish people of German descent
- 17th-century Swedish politicians
- Burials at St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn
- Swedish politician stubs
- Swedish military personnel stubs
- European nobility stubs
- Fersen family