Otto Wilhelm von Fersen

Swedish field marshal
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IntroSwedish field marshal
PlacesSweden
isMilitary leader
Work fieldMilitary
Gender
Male
Death23 April 1703
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Biography

Otto Wilhelm von Fersen (1623, Reval - 1703, Kurna) was a Swedish general and nobleman of the Fersen family, governor general of Ingmermanland and Kexholm from 1691 to 1698, field marshal 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 sarcophagus created by the sculptor Johann Gustav Stockenberg was erected in his memory.

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