Alexander of Patkul

Alexander von Patkul ( Russian Александр Владимирович Паткуль ; * September 2, ^July / September 14, 1817 ^greg. In Tsarskoje Selo ; † August 5, ^July / August 17, 1877 ^greg. At ibid. ) Was a Russian infantry general .

Life

Origin and family

Alexander came from the German-Baltic noble family Patkul . His parents were the Russian infantry general Woldemar von Patkul (1782–1855) and Marie Elisabeth, née Freiin Arpshoven († 1819). He married in 1841 with Marie de Traversay (1822-1900), daughter of the Russian admiral Jean-Baptiste Prévost de Sansac, Marquis de Traversay (1754-1831). The marriage resulted in 10 children.

Career

Patkul began his career in the Imperial Russian Army with the Page Corps in St. Petersburg . In 1835 he was assigned to the heir to the throne as an officer of the guard . As a second lieutenant , he accompanied the prince on his educational trip to Russia and abroad and was appointed adjutant to the crown prince on June 25, 1839 . In 1840 Patkul took part in military operations in the Caucasus , including operations in Tuapse and Pzezwan. On February 19, 1855, he was appointed adjutant general to the tsar, and on April 17 of the same year he was promoted to major general à la suite by his majesty . On May 24, 1855 he was appointed commander of the Pavlovsk Guards Regiment, which was then garrisoned in Wolkowysk . On August 26, Patkul took part in the coronation ceremony of Emperor Alexander II. On November 12, 1860, he was appointed chief police officer of St. Petersburg and on April 16, 1861 promoted to lieutenant general. In 1862 he was dismissed as chief police officer due to illness, but remained in the position of adjutant general for two years. On March 18, 1864, he received command of the 2nd Grenadier Division. On August 30, 1869 he was promoted to general of the infantry and at the same time appointed a member of the war coronet.

Awards

Order of the Red Eagle III. Class (1838)
Austrian-Imperial Leopold Order III. Class (1839)
Commander II class of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig (1839)
Order of the Zähringer Lion , Knight's Cross (1839)
Order of the Württemberg Crown , Knight's Cross (1839)
Russian Order of Saint Anne III. Class (1840), second class (1849), imperial crown (1852); 1st class (1862)
Royal Prussian Order of St. John (1844)
Order of the Dutch Lion (1844)
Order of St. Vladimir IV Class (1847); III. Class (1857), Class II (1864)
Order of Saint Stanislaus I Class (1859)
Order of the Iron Crown 2nd class (1853)
Imperial-Royal Order of the White Eagle (1862)
Alexander Nevsky Order (1871), Diamonds (1875)

Web links

Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Alexander Patkul. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Entry in the Erik Amburger database at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
Biography on tsarselo.ru/yenciklopedija (Russian)

Individual evidence

↑ Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knights , Part 2, 1.2: Estland, Görlitz 1930, pp. 181-182.

personal data
SURNAME	Patkul, Alexander of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Паткуль, Александр Владимирович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH	September 14, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tsarskoye Selo
DATE OF DEATH	17th August 1877
Place of death	Tsarskoye Selo

[1] Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knights , Part 2, 1.2: Estland, Görlitz 1930, pp. 181-182.