Gotthard Johann von Knorring
Gotthard Johann von Knorring ( Russian Богдан Фёдорович Кнорринг Bogdan Fedorovich Knorring ; born October 31, jul. / 11. November 1744 greg. In Erwita, † July 5 jul. / 17th July 1825 greg. In Tartu ) was a Baltic German Russian infantry general , commander-in-chief of the Imperial Russian Army in Finland , Livonian district administrator and chief of the Livonian land militia.
Life
Origin and family
Gotthard Johann was a member of the baronial line Kaltenborn-Uddewa-Lugden the Estonian noble family Knorring . His parents were the judge and heir on Arroküll , Kaltenborn, Uddewa and Erwita, Friedrich von Knorring († 1761) and Dorothea Elisabeth von Zoege († 1792).
The Russian generals Carl Heinrich von Knorring (1746-1820) and Otto Wilhelm von Knorring (1759-1812) were his brothers.
He married Wilhelmine von Liphart (1753-1818) in 1773 . Both son and only child was the Russian lieutenant general Karl von Knorring (1774-1817).
Career
Knorring began his career in 1758 in the land cadet corps in St. Petersburg , advanced to lieutenant in 1764 and was employed in the dune regulation until 1769 . In 1770 he rose to Major and received for his efforts in the Battle of Cahul in the Russian-Turkish War of the Order of St. George IV. Class. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1771 and for the remainder of the war he was senior quartermaster on the general staff . With his promotion to colonel in 1779, he took over the position of commander in the Pskov Karabinier Regiment until 1784 . He was promoted to major general in 1784 . In the Russo-Swedish War he was General Quartermaster of the Army in Finland and in the Russo-Polish War he was able to take Vilnius , for which he was awarded the Order of St. George IV. Class. He was initially inactive under Emperor Paul , but was reactivated as a general of the infantry in 1806. He received the Alexander Nevsky Order and in November 1808 became Commander-in-Chief in Finland. After the emperor was dissatisfied with him because of his slowness and indecision, he had to submit his departure . As early as 1805 he was a deputy of the Livonian Knighthood in St. Petersburg. From 1806 to 1812 he held the position of Livonian district administrator and head of the Livonian land militia.
Knorring was the owner of the estates Kaltenborn and Uddewa in Estonia , and since 1803 Penniküll, United Camby and Somel in Livonia.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Gotthard Johann von Knorring. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods . Part 2, 3: Estonia. Görlitz 1930, p. 82 ; Genealogical manual of the baronial houses A 3, Volume 21 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg (Lahn) 1959, p. 238.
- ^ Genealogical handbook of the Baltic knighthoods. Part 2, 3: Estonia. Görlitz 1930, p. 83.
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| SURNAME | Knorring, Gotthard Johann von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knorring, Bogdan Fyodorowitsch; Кнорринг, Богдан Фёдорович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic Russian Infantry General, Commander in Chief of the Imperial Russian Army in Finland, Livonian District Administrator and Chief of the Livonian Land Militia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1744 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erwita |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 1825 |
| Place of death | Dorpat |