Carl Gustav von Sievers
Carl Gustav Graf von Sievers ( russ . Карл Карлович [Карл Густав] Сиверс; born November 8 jul. / 19th November 1772 greg. In Old Ottenhof , Livonia , † March 18 jul. / 30th March 1856 greg. In Moscow ) was a Russian general and statesman of German-Baltic origin.
Life
He was the son of Count Karl Eberhard von Sievers (1745–1821) and Freiin Martha von Mengden (1748–1837), and nephew of the important Russian statesman Jacob Johann von Sievers .
Carl Gustav von Sievers joined the Russian artillery and engineer cadet corps in 1785 and was hired as a piece junker in the army in 1789 . In the following wars, first against Poland in 1792, he quickly made a career and in 1803 was major general. In 1806 he fought against Turkey , losing his brother Jakob Ernst von Sievers in 1810 , in 1806 in the Third Coalition War in the Battle of Austerlitz against France, as well as in the fourth on the side of Prussia.
During the Austrian campaign against the Duchy of Warsaw in 1809, a Russian cavalry troop under his command occupied Krakow before the Polish army under Poniatowski could take possession of the city in accordance with an agreement with the Austrian high command. The incident increased the already tense relationship of the allied Poles and Russians to open hatred. For contemporaries it remained unclear whether, as officially stated, it was simply an unauthorized action by Sievers.
During Napoleon's war against Russia in 1812 , he was awarded the George Cross as a general for his services in the Battle of Smolensk and Borodino .
In 1813 he was first in command of Königsberg and then governor of East Prussia . On December 6, 1833 Sievers was appointed Russian senator. He died in Moscow on March 18, 1856.
Orders and honors
- From 1843 to 1853 he was the patron saint of St. Peter's Church in Saint Petersburg
- October 20, 1812 Russian Order of St. George II class
- He was also a bearer of the Order of St. Anna I Class and the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky .
progeny
- Mindora (1812–1878) ∞ with Sergej Muchanow (Russian privy councilor)
- Emanuel (1817–1909), Russian chief steward and senator ∞ with Countess Elise Koskull
- Jakob (1818–1865) Russian Colonel ∞ with the Princess Vera Dondukow-Korsakow
- Sophie (1821-1901)
- Alexander (1823–1887) Governor of Moscow ∞ with Lydia Shatilow
literature
- Karl Ludwig Blum : Count Jacob Johann von Sievers and Russia at his time . Leipzig; Heidelberg: Winter, 1864
- Franz Schneidawind : The war of Austria against France, its allies and the Rhine Confederation in 1809 or detailed history of the campaigns in Germany, Italy, Poland and Holland; of the insurrections of Tyrol and Vorarlberg; of the uprisings in the Altmark and Hesse , Schaffhausen 1842
Web links
- Database database
- Sievers, Carl Gustav Graf von . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Carl Gustav von Sievers. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sievers, Carl Gustav von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sievers, Carl Gustav Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1772 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alt Ottenhof , Livonia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1856 |
| Place of death | Moscow |