Otto Wilhelm von Fersen
Swedish field marshal
Intro | Swedish field marshal | |
Places | Sweden | |
is | Military leader | |
Work field | Military | |
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Death | 23 April 1703 |
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.