Fabian von Fersen | |
Birth Date: | February 7, 1626 |
Birth Place: | Tallinn, Swedish Estonia, Swedish Empire |
Death Place: | Malmö, Scania, Swedish Empire |
Placeofburial: | St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn, Estonia |
Allegiance: | Swedish Empire |
Branch: | Swedish Army |
Serviceyears: | 1675–1677 |
Rank: | Field Marshal |
Battles: | Torstenson War Thirty Years' War Deluge (history) |
Fabian von Fersen should not be confused with Fabian von Fersen (1762–1818).
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.
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]