Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken

Fabian Gottlieb Fürst von der Osten-Sacken (Russian: Фабиа́н Вильге́льмович О́стен-Са́кен, romanized: Fabian Vilgelmovich Osten-Saken; 20 October [O.S. 9] 1752 7 April [O.S. 26 March] 1837) was a Baltic German field marshal in the Imperial Russian Army who led the army against the Duchy of Warsaw and later governed Paris during the city's brief occupation by the anti-French coalition.


Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken
Portrait by George Dawe (1820)
Other name(s)Fabian Wilhelmovich Osten-Sacken
Born20 October [O.S. 9] 1752
Reval, Reval Governorate, Russian Empire
(present-day Tallinn, Estonia)
Died7 April [O.S. 26 March] 1837
Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire
Allegiance Russia
Service/branch Imperial Russian Army
Years of service1767–1835
RankGeneral-Field Marshal
Commands held1st Army
Battles/wars
Awards4th & 2nd classes Order of St. George (1792; 1813),
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1813),
Order of St. Andrew the First-Called (1814),
1st class Order of St. Vladimir (1830)
RelationsHouse of Osten-Sacken
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