# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otto-wilhelm-von-derfelden
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:11:44.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otto-wilhelm-von-derfelden"
name: "Otto Wilhelm von Derfelden"
slug: "otto-wilhelm-von-derfelden"
description: "Otto-Wilhelm von Derfelden or Wilhelm Christoforovich Derfelden was an Imperial Russian General of the Cavalry from a family of Baltic Germans. He fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 under Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky, Polish–Russian War of 1792, and Kościuszko Uprising of 1794. In the latter conflict he led troops in the battles of Chełm and Praga. After a period of unemployment, he joined Alexander Suvorov-Rymniksky's army in 1799 as a military mentor to Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia. He subsequently led a corps at Novi, Gotthard Pass, and in Suvorov's Switzerland campaign."
tagline: "Imperial Russian cavalry officer (1735/1737-1819)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derfelden.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1735-09-08"
deathDate: "1819-09-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.67
  momentum:             0.912280701754386
  historical:           5.877862666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Derfelden"
    title: "Wilhelm Derfelden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Derfelden"
    title: "Wilhelm Derfelden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Derfelden"
    title: "Wilhelm Derfelden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BC_%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Дерфельден Отто-Вільгельм Христофорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Derfelden"
    title: "Wilhelm Derfelden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%A5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Дерфельден, Вилим Христофорович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q481566"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump