Karl Wilhelm von Toll

Karl Wilhelm Graf von Toll ( Russian Карл Вильгельм Фёдорович Толль , scientific transliteration Karl Vil'gel'm Fedorivič Toll ' ; * April 8th ^jul. / April 19, 1777 ^greg. In Reval ; † April 23rd ^jul. / 5. May 1842 ^greg. In Saint Petersburg ) came from the German-Baltic nobility and was general of the infantry in the Russian army .

origin

Toll came from the noble family von Toll , which spread in the Baltic States and Sweden since the 16th century . His parents were Konrad Friedrich von Toll (born March 27, 1749, † February 3, 1821) and his wife Justine Wilhelmine von Ruckteschell (born January 18, 1752).

Life

Toll received his training in the Russian Cadet Corps (1782–1796), where he came into contact with Mikhail Kutuzov , who was then director of the cadet institutions. In 1796 he joined the Imperial Russian Army , took in 1799 in the campaign of Alexander Suvorov in part, came in 1805 in the General Staff , fought at Austerlitz , then against the Turks, 1812 was Quartermaster General Kutuzov, 1813 by Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , was On the occasion of the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig, Lieutenant General , 1823 Adjutant General of the Tsar and Chief of the General Staff of the 1st Army, and in 1825 General of the Infantry.

He took part in the campaign of 1829 against the Turks as Chief of the General Staff. After the victory at Kulewtscha on June 11, he was raised to the rank of count by the Russian tsar. In the Polish campaign of 1831 he again stood by General Hans Karl von Diebitsch-Sabalkanski's side as chief of staff , took over the interim command after his death and directed the operations of the last decisive one during the storming of Warsaw on October 7th after the wounding of Ivan Fyodorowitsch Paskewitsch Slaughter days. He was then appointed to the Russian Imperial Council and, in 1833, appointed chief conductor of water and road communications and public buildings. In 1834 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

family

In 1814 he married Caroline Olga von Strandmann (* August 12, 1796; † July 7, 1861), a daughter of the Russian general Gustav Ernst von Strandmann and Charlotte von Stackelberg . The couple had several children including:

Alexander (* July 20, 1816) ⚭ 1838 Anna von Loeben († 1863)
Constantine (born October 22, 1817)

⚭ 1845 Princess Zinaide Golitzyn (1817–1845)

⚭ 1853 Princess Katharina Dolgorukow (* December 6, 1825 - October 31, 1899)

Nikolai (* August 3, 1819; † October 21, 1880), Lieutenant General ⚭ 1870 Katharina Ignatjew (* 1837; † May 4, 1918)
Elisabeth (* September 21, 1821; † September 2, 1865) ⚭ 1842 Baron Ernst von Ungern-Sternberg († 1879), envoy in Copenhagen
Alexandrine (February 5, 1831; † September 5, 1891) ⚭ 1849 Count Karl Eckbrecht von Dürckheim-Montmartin (* February 21, 1822; † September 20, 1896)
Helene Charlotte Luise (July 29, 1833 - January 11, 1910) ⚭ 1857 Count Magnus Konstantin Ferdinand von Pahlen (1830–1912), Minister of Justice
Karl Wilhelm (* August 12, 1834; † February 2, 1893), envoy to Denmark ⚭ 1858 Helene von Strandmann (* 1834; † July 28, 1910)

literature

Theodor von Bernhardi : Memories from the life of Count von Toll , 2nd edition, Leipzig 1866, 4 volumes
Jaromir Hirtenfeld : The Military Maria Theresa Order and its members , Vienna 1857, p. 1284

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personal data
SURNAME	Great, Karl Wilhelm von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Great, Karl Fyodorowitsch; Tol ', Karl Fedorovič
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian infantry general of Baltic German origin
DATE OF BIRTH	April 19, 1777
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reval
DATE OF DEATH	May 5, 1842
Place of death	St. Petersburg