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<submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G</submissionType>
<filerInfo>
<filer>
<filerCredentials>
<cik>0002087936</cik>
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<formData>
<coverPageHeader>
<securitiesClassTitle>Class I common shares of beneficial interest</securitiesClassTitle>
<eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>09/30/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
<issuerInfo>
<issuerCik>0002012139</issuerCik>
<issuerName>Fortress Private Lending Fund</issuerName>
<issuerCusip>34966T107</issuerCusip>
<issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
<com:street1>1345 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor</com:street1>
<com:city>New York</com:city>
<com:stateOrCountry>NY</com:stateOrCountry>
<com:zipCode>10105</com:zipCode>
</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
</issuerInfo>
<designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
<designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(d)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
</designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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<coverPageHeaderReportingPersonDetails>

<reportingPersonName>FTS SIP II L.P.</reportingPersonName>
<citizenshipOrOrganization>Y9</citizenshipOrOrganization>
<reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
<soleVotingPower>8008249</soleVotingPower>
<sharedVotingPower>0</sharedVotingPower>
<soleDispositivePower>8008249</soleDispositivePower>
<sharedDispositivePower>0</sharedDispositivePower>
</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
<reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>8008249</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
<aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
<classPercent>25.06</classPercent>
<typeOfReportingPerson>PN</typeOfReportingPerson>
<comments>The reported percentage is calculated based upon 31,960,592 shares of Class I common shares outstanding, as reported in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2025.</comments>
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<item1>
<issuerName>Fortress Private Lending Fund</issuerName>
<issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>1345 Avenue of the Americas, 46th Floor, New York, New York, 10105</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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<item2>
<filingPersonName>FTS SIP II L.P., referred to herein as the "Reporting Person."</filingPersonName>
<principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>22 Grenville Street&#13;
St. Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PX</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
<citizenship>See response to row 4 on the cover page.</citizenship>
</item2>
<item3>
<notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
</item3>
<item4>
<amountBeneficiallyOwned>See response to row 9 on the cover page.&#13;
&#13;
The reported securities are directly held by the Reporting Person, which is a managed account for the benefit of Strategic Investment Portfolio LP.&#13;
&#13;
Pursuant to Rule 13d-4 of the Act, the Reporting Person declares that filing this statement shall not be construed as an admission that the Reporting Person is, for the purposes of Section 13(d) and/or Section 13(g) of the Act, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this statement.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
<classPercent>See response to row 11 on the cover page.</classPercent>
<numberOfSharesPersonHas>
<solePowerOrDirectToVote>See response to row 5 on the cover page.</solePowerOrDirectToVote>
<sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>See response to row 6 on the cover page.</sharedPowerOrDirectToVote>
<solePowerOrDirectToDispose>See response to row 7 on the cover page.</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
<sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>See response to row 8 on the cover page.</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
</numberOfSharesPersonHas>
</item4>
<item5>
<notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
</item5>
<item6>
<notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
<ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>The information set forth in Item 4(a) is incorporated by reference into this Item 6.</ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>
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<item7>
<notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
</item7>
<item8>
<notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
</item8>
<item9>
<notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
</item9>
<item10>
<notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
</item10>
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<signatureInformation>
<reportingPersonName>FTS SIP II L.P.</reportingPersonName>
<signatureDetails>
<signature>/s/ David N. Brooks</signature>
<title>David N. Brooks / Assistant Secretary, By: FCO BT GP LLC, its general partner</title>
<date>11/14/2025</date>
</signatureDetails>
</signatureInformation>
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