Fabian von Fersen
Fabian von Fersen (born February 7, 1626 in Reval , † July 30, 1677 in Malmö ) was a Swedish field marshal and governor general in Schonen , Halland and Blekinge .
Life
Fersen came from the German-Baltic noble family von Fersen . His parents were the Estonian district administrator and heir to Abio, Laupa Loal and Jendel Reinhold Fabian von Fersen (1594-1649) and his wife Dorothea, née von Wrangell (1590-1652).
His career began in 1643 as a royal Swedish court squire. In 1644 he volunteered for the Swedish Navy, took part in the Torstensson War and the Thirty Years War , and advanced to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Together with his cousin Otto Wilhelm von Fersen , he fought on the Swedish side against Denmark and Poland in the Second Northern War . In 1657 he was appointed commander of Cracow , where he married Sabina Elisabeth von Westernhagen that same year . She was previously married to Christian von Brettlach and then was married to Count Fabian von Wrangel for the third time .
Fersen was wounded in the storming of Kronborg in 1658 under Carl Gustav Wrangel . In the following year he rose to major general of the infantry in 1659 and was appointed supreme commander in Stralsund .
At the siege of Copenhagen in 1659 he had particularly distinguished himself. His teams were the only ones among the Swedes to overcome the city walls. After his replacement as commandant in Stralsund in 1662, he became governor of Livonia and Riga in 1663 . Together with his cousin, he was raised to the Swedish baron status as Baron von Cronendahl in 1674 and finally appointed field marshal in 1675 as the first of the two . In 1676 he became governor general in Skåne , Halland and Blekinge .
He died in Malmö in 1677 and was buried in Reval Cathedral.
See also
literature
- Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Estonian knighthood . Tape. 1. Görlitz [1931], p. 85 .
- Fabian von Fersen . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 8 : Feiss-Fruktmögel . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1908, Sp. 103-104 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Fabian von Fersen . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 1 : A-K . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 332 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Fabian von Fersen. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1344 F. v. Ferseni hauamonument-sarkofaag. In: National Register of Cultural Monuments (Estonia). June 20, 1995. Retrieved March 11, 2018 (Estonian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fersen, Fabian von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish Field Marshal and Governor General |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1626 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 1677 |
| Place of death | Malmo |