Nikolaus Friedrich von Korff

Nikolaus Friedrich von Korff (* May 18, 1710 , † May 5, 1766 in St. Petersburg ) was a Russian officer of German Baltic origin.

Life

Nikolaus Friedrich came from the Kurland branch of the von Korff family . He was the son of Captain Heinrich von Korff. In 1740 he married Countess Katharina Karlowna Skawronski, a cousin of Tsarina Elisabeth . On their behalf he escorted the future Tsar Peter III. from Holstein to St. Petersburg. With Peter III. Since then he has had a close friendship. At the time of Elisabeth Korff rose to general en chef , lieutenant general and senator. During the Seven Years' War she appointed him on March 30, 1758 as successor to Wilhelm von Fermor as Governor General of Königsberg . In 1760 he took over the leadership of the police in St. Petersburg and was charged with guarding the nominal Tsar Ivan VI. instructed. In contrast to the other persons entrusted with this, he approached Ivan respectfully and politely. From 1762 Korff was General Police Master for all of Russia. Because he was the coup d'état of the Tsar's wife Katharinas against Peter III. had deliberately not prevented, she left him in office as the new Tsarina.

literature

Arthur Kleinschmidt : Russia's history and politics depicted in the history of the Russian high nobility . Cassel. 1877 p. 269 Partial digitization of a reprint

Web links

Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Nikolaus Friedrich von Korff. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital

Individual evidence

^ On Königsberg in the Seven Years' War and Korff as governor see Jürgen Manthey: Königsberg. History of a world citizenship republic . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-446-20619-1 , pp. 282ff.

personal data
SURNAME	Korff, Nikolaus Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Korff, Nikolaus Friedrich Baron von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian military
DATE OF BIRTH	May 18, 1710
DATE OF DEATH	May 5, 1766
Place of death	St. Petersburg

[1] On Königsberg in the Seven Years' War and Korff as governor see Jürgen Manthey: Königsberg. History of a world citizenship republic . Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-446-20619-1 , pp. 282ff.