Prince Fabian of Brunant

Prince Fabian of Brunant (Fabian Philip van Draak, 1829-1881) was a Brunanter prince and a military commander.

Biography
Fabian was born in 1829 to King Cristian I and Queen Henrietta of Brunant and was their third child. Fabian joined the army in 1850. He became a colonel by 1868. In 1872 he ran in the election for representative in Cape Cross Parish as a conservative. He won it by a narrow margin and was re-elected in 1876. He lost in 1880, after which he returned to the army. During the Liberal Revolution in 1881, he commanded a brigade loyal to his brother, Johan I. When his brother fled the country, Fabian died "by his own sword".