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About Jürgen von Farensbach
Jürgen von Farensbach (1551–1602) was a Baltic German nobleman and Livonian general. Sent as the Ambassador of Livonian Confederation to Czar Ivan IV of Russia, for concluding a peace treaty, he entered the Russian service and won the battle on Oka against the Tatars on 1 August 1572. Later he served in the Danish and Polish armies.
Everything about Jürgen von Farensbach →- Occupation
- diplomat, military personnel, military leader, Hofmarschall
- Position held
- Q3646482, Q11709704, Deputy to the Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, stadtholder
- Citizenship
- Sweden, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Born
- 1551
- Died
- May 17, 1602, May 1602