Fabian Gottlieb from the Osten-Sacken

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Fabian Gottlieb from the Osten-Sacken
Grave of Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken, cemetery of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine)
Mannheim, memorial at the Rhine crossing of the Russian Corps under General von der Osten-Sacken, on January 1st, 1814

Prince Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken ( Russian Фабиан Вильгельмович Остен-Сакен ; * October 20 July / October 31,  1752 greg. In Reval ; † April 7th July / April 19,  1837 greg. In Kiev ) was a Field Marshal of the Russian Army , of German-Baltic descent and Freemason .

Life

Fabian von der Osten-Sacken came from the in Estonia and Livonia resident noble family von der Osten-Sacken . He was the son of the Russian captain Wilhelm Ferdinand von der Osten-Sacken († 1754) and Hedwig Eleonore von Udam († 1778).

In his early military career, Osten-Sacken took part in the wars against Poland and against the Ottoman Empire and stood out in the storming of Chotin as early as 1769 . He took part under the command of General Suvorov in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1791 and took part in the storming of Ismajil in 1790 . On September 28, 1797 he was promoted to major general and on July 11, 1799 to lieutenant general. In the Second Coalition War , he accompanied General Rimsky-Korsakov's corps to the West and fell into French captivity during the First Battle of Zurich . General Sacken did not return to Russia until 1801 and then led a division under General Bennigsen at Pultusk (1806) and Prussian Eylau (1807). He was then charged with disobedience and brought to a military tribunal and suspended from his command. It was not until 1812 that the investigation into his person was discontinued on the orders of the High Command, and he was rehabilitated and given command of a corps of General Tormasov's army operating in Volhynia . In the Wars of Liberation he commanded the Russian contingent of the Silesian Army under the supreme command of the Prussian Field Marshal von Blücher . In the autumn campaign of 1813 his troops fought in the Battle of the Katzbach . As commander of the Russian 11th Corps, he was promoted to General of the Infantry on August 30th and also took part in the Battle of Leipzig . In the spring campaign of 1814 he advanced with Blücher in France and took part in the victories over Napoléon Bonaparte in the battles of Brienne and La Rothière . At Montmirail , however, he was beaten. After taking Paris , he became governor-general of that city.

After the death of his former superior Barclay de Tolly , he took command of the 1st Army in May 1818 and was appointed field marshal on August 22, 1826 . In 1830 he had the supreme command of the Southern Army on the Prut and in 1831 suppressed the Polish uprising in Volhynia and Podolia .

In 1821 Osten-Sacken became a count of Russia and in 1832 a prince .

Fabian Gottlieb Fürst von der Osten-Sacken died on April 19, 1837 in Kiev. His grave is in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra .

He was awarded the Russian Order of St. Andrew , the Prussian Order of the Black Eagle and the Austrian Order of Maria Theresa .

In Mannheim (Friesenheimer Straße) a memorial commemorates the crossing of the Rhine by the Russian corps from the Osten-Sacken on January 1, 1814.

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  1. ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of the Olaikirche zu Reval (Estonian: Tallinna Oleviste kirik)
  2. ^ A b Genealogical Handbook of the Nobility , Volume Fü V, page 529, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg, 1959
  3. ↑ Genealogical Handbook of the Oesel Knighthood, 1935 p. 251, 1st paragraph
  4. ↑ On the tombstone in the churchyard of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is given as the year of birth 1750.
personal data
SURNAME Osten-Sacken, Fabian Gottlieb from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian field marshal
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH Reval
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1837
Place of death Kiev