Ludwig Nikolaus von Hallart
Ludwig Nikolaus von Hallart ( Russian Людвиг Николай фон Алларт ; * October 2 July / October 12, 1659 greg. In Husum ; † May 16 jul. / May 27, 1727 greg. In Wolmarshof near Wolmar ) was a general of the Russian Army under Peter the Great in the Northern War .
origin
His parents were the Brandenburg Major General Heinrich Hallard called Elliot (1620–1681) and his first wife Kunigunde von Dewitz († 1660). His sister Antoinette Hedwig was married to Field Marshal Adrian Bernhard von Borcke (1668–1741).
Life
Von Hallert grew up in the Electorate of Saxony and served in the Saxon army for a long time . On the recommendation of Friedrich August II. , Elector of Saxony, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, he began serving in the Russian Army in 1700. He joined Russian units that were at Narva in September 1700 . There he was received personally by Tsar Peter I and was given the rank of lieutenant general from him on the same day . Being a skilled engineer, he was given the task of drawing up a plan for the siege of Narva . Von Hallart presented the required plan the very next day. During the siege of the fortress, von Hallart supervised the siege work. In the actual battle for the fortress, which was a complete defeat for the Russian army, he sought his rescue with the Swedes , together with the Commander in Chief Duke Charles Eugène de Croy and many other foreign officers who have accused the Russian soldiers of treason . Hallart was held in Swedish captivity until 1705, after which he was exchanged for the commander of Narva, the Swedish general Arwid Horn . In 1706 he was appointed ambassador of King August II of Saxony at the Tsar's court of Peter I.
In the same year King August II renounced the Polish throne and von Hallart was re-accepted into the Russian military. He took part in many military actions against Sweden. He personally directed the fortification work at some strategically important points in Polotsk and Kopys . In 1708 von Hallart was given command of the 3rd Army Division with which he took part in the Battle of Poltava . For this he received the highest honor in the Russian Empire - the Order of St. Andrew . In 1711 he took part in the unsuccessful campaign of Peter I on the Prut River . A year later he took over command of the joint army of the allied Russian, Polish and Danish units that were besieging the Stralsund fortress in Swedish Pomerania . Soon, however, Hallart was withdrawn from command, which he took as an insult and whereupon he resigned. He got the village of Volmarshof in Livonia for lifelong use. In 1721 he returned to military service and took over command of the units in Ukraine. In April 1723 he handed over the command to General Mikhail Golitsyn and moved to Saint Petersburg. Here he was on 30 August 1725 by the Empress Catherine I of the Order of Alexander Nevsky awarded. Soon afterwards he resigned from military service, this time as Oberfeldherr (General en Chef) and returned to his country estate, where he lived until his death.
He stood out among his contemporaries for his high level of education. Von Hallart had an unusually broad knowledge of engineering and an excellent general knowledge. In his estate there are 800 plans of various European fortresses. He was also known as the first biographer of Peter I. His unfinished manuscript on the history of Peter I is kept in the library of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg.
family
He was married to Magdalena Elisabeth von Bülow (1683–1750).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Yearbook for Genealogy, Heraldry and Sphragistics 1914, Kurländische Gesellschaft für Literatur und Kunst , p. 18.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hallart, Ludwig Nikolaus von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Алларт, Людвиг Николай фон (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | General of the Russian Army under Peter the Great |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1659 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Husum |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1727 |
| Place of death | Wolmarshof near Wolmar |