Johann Michael von Benckendorff
Johann Michael Iwanowitsch von Benckendorff (also known as: "Ioann-Mihail (Ivan)" and "Hermann von Benckendorff"; Russian Иоганн Михаэль фон Бенкендорф ; * March 30, 1720 in Reval ; † November 18, 1775 in Reval) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army . He came from the Estonian-Swedish noble family of the "von Benckendorff" .
Military career
Johann Michael first served as a page to Tsar Peter II (1727–1730) , after which he was chamberlain to Tsarina Anna (1730–1740). He received his officer license in 1740 and had his first military service in the Russo-Swedish War of 1741–1743 . In 1755 he was promoted to colonel and took command of the Morum Infantry Regiment.
In 1758 he was wounded in the Battle of Zorndorf , and in 1759 he was promoted to Brigadier General . Tsar Peter III (1761–1762) appointed him as city commander of Narva in Estonia and promoted him to major general ; an infantry regiment was subordinate to him. In 1763 he took command of a division in Saint Petersburg and in 1771 moved to Reval as lieutenant general and commander in chief . In 1773 he received the Estonian Indigenous .
Russian medals
- 1772 Russian Order of Saint George (4th grade)
- 1773 Russian Order of Saint Anne (1st class)
family
Johann Michael's parents were Johann IV von Benckendorff (1659–1727) and von Schultzen (* between 1642 and 1671 † 1731), born from the second marriage to Klara. In 1744 Johann Michael married Sophie von Löwenstern (* January 6, 1724 † September 3, 1783 in Saint Petersburg), as a widow she was appointed to the Russian imperial court by Catherine II (1762–1796) and served as the educator of the Grand Duke Alexander and Constantine . Her descendants were:
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Christoph Iwanowitsch von Benckendorff (born January 12, 1749 in Friedrichsham near Wyborg ( Finland ), † June 10, 1823 in Kolk); 1780 married to Anna Juliane nee Freiin Schilling von Canstadt (* around 1746; † March 11, 1797 in Riga)
- 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)
- Katharina Christina von Benckendorff (born January 4, 1750; † November 20, 1785 in Jaggowal) married to Adam Ludwig (Ludwig) von Brevern (1757–1823)
- Hermann Johann von Benckendorff (* July 30, 1751 in Wyborg; † January 8, 1800 in Ass) 1774 married in 1st marriage to Katharina Magdalena von Brevern (* 1748 - 3 October 1775 in Reval) and in 1776 in 2nd marriage with Christine Elisabeth von Brevern (1750–1807)
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Georg Christian von Benckendorff , (* July 15, 1754 in Reval; † 1790 as lieutenant colonel in Friedrichsham), married in 1783 to Gertrude Margarethe Staël von Holstein (1764–1834), daughters:
- Sophie (1784–1807) married. with Johann von Brevern on Kostifer (1775-1824)
- Katharina (1786–1861)
- Marie (1788–1855) married. with Hans Freiherr von Tiesenhausen († 1871)
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Johann (Hans) von Benckendorff , born August 26, 1763 in Riga; † September 25, 1841 in Winogradowo near Dolgoprudny married to Elisabeth von Franza (* 1763 in Moscow † 1842 in Mohilew in the Mogilev governorate )
- Alexander (1800–1873) married to Elisabeth Tschernow (1807–1884)
- Woldemar (1807–1864) married to Elisabeth Janow
- Sophie married to Khrushchev
- Pauline (1801–1836) married to Alexander Freiherr Schilling von Canstadt
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Johann Michael von Benckendorff. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Perekond Benckendorff - EAA.2249 in eha.ee
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Muromsky Regiment ru: Герб Мурома # Герб на знамени Муромского полка
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Benckendorff, Johann Michael von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benckendorff, Johann Michael Iwanowitsch von (full name); Benckendorff, Hermann von; Benckendorff, Ioann-Mihail |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1720 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval |
DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1775 |
Place of death | Reval |