Otto Wilhelm von Ferseni hauamonument 1367

Otto Wilhelm von Fersen (1623,

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– 1703,

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) was a Swedish general and nobleman of the Fersen family, governor general of Ingmermanland and

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from 1691 to 1698,

field marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army and as such few persons are appointed to it. It is considered as ...

1693. He was the son of Hermann von Fersen the elder and cousin to Fabian von Fersen. After his death he was buried in St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn, where a

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, probably created by the sculptor Johann Gustav Stockenberg, was erected in his memory.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fersen 1623 births 1703 deaths 17th-century Estonian people 17th-century Swedish military personnel Field marshals of Sweden Baltic-German people Swedish people of Baltic German descent People from Tallinn Burials at St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn Fersen family

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