Christoph Iwanowitsch von Benckendorff
Christoph Ivanovich of Benckendorff (, Russian Христофор Иванович Бенкендорф ; born July 19, jul. / Thirtieth July 1749 greg. In Fredrikshamn in Vyborg , Finland , † May 29. . Jul / 10. June 1823 . Greg in Kolga , Estonia ) was a general of the infantry in the Imperial Russian army and military governor of province Riga . He came from the Swedish-Estonian noble family of the " von Benckendorff ".
Military career
His military service began in 1760 with an officer training and only two years later he received his officer license . He received his first assignment at the end of the Seven Years' War and served in the troops of Count Sakhar Grigoryevich Chernyshev . In 1770 he became adjutant to General en chef Magnus Johann von Berg and fought in the Crimea and in the Battle of Perekop . This was followed by the deployment in the Russo-Turkish War under General Fedor Wasiljewitsch Baur. In 1771 he was promoted to premier major and took part in the fighting for Bucharest . In 1772 he was appointed senior quartermaster and in 1777 as a lieutenant colonel in command of the Narva infantry regiment. In 1782 he was promoted to colonel and in 1790 to major general .
Tsar Paul I (1796-1801) promoted Benckendorff to lieutenant general on November 12, 1796 and appointed him military governor in Riga. On April 5, 1797 he was appointed General of the Infantry. For health reasons, he resigned on September 13, 1799 and spent his retirement on the Kolga estate with Count Stenbock's family .
Russian medals
- 1786 Russian Order of Saint George (4th grade)
- 1797 Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
family
Christoph Iwanowitsch was the eldest son of Johann Michael von Benckendorff (1720–1775) and his wife Sophie Elisabeth Löwenstern (1724–1783). In 1779 he met his future wife Anna Juliane Freiin Schilling von Cannstatt (* 1744, † 1797) in Montbéliard ( France ). Her descendants were:
- Alexander Graf von Benkendorf (1781–1844)
- Konstantin von Benckendorff (* around 1784 † 1828)
- Marie (* 1784) married to Iwan Georgijewitsch Schewitsch († 1813)
- Dorothea (1785-1857) married. with Christoph Fürst von Lieven († 1839)
Alexander von Benckendorff
Konstantin von Benckendorff
Dorothea von Lieven b. by Benckendorff
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Christoph Iwanowitsch von Benckendorff. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Marina Soroka / John Bourne, Britain, Russia and the Road to the First World War: The Fateful Embassy of Count Aleksandr Benckendorff (1903-16) - Chapter 2, Old Diplomacy à la Russe, 1868-1902, page 13 ff, Ashgate Studies in First World War History, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2013 (digitized, English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry to Berg, Magnus Johann (Maksim Vasil'-evič) v .. In: BBLD - Baltic biographical lexicon digital
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | From Benckendorff, Christoph Iwanowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Бенкендорф, Христофор Иванович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1749 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fredrikshamn near Vyborg , Finland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1823 |
| Place of death | Kolga , Estonia |