Otto Heinrich von Igelström

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Otto Heinrich Graf Igelström, portrait by Dmitri Levizki

Count Otto Heinrich von Igelström ( Swedish Otto Henrik Igelström ; Russian Осип Андреевич Игельстром * April 26 jul. / 7 May  1737 greg. In Livonia ; † February 6 . Jul / 18th February  1823 greg. In Garsden ) was a Russian general and diplomat .

Life

Origin and family

Otto Heinrich came from the originally Swedish noble family Igelström , who moved to Livonia in the 17th century, absorbed into the German-Baltic cultural tradition and was enrolled in the Est and Livonian knighthood . His sex was raised to the rank of imperial count in 1792 . His parents were Gustav Heinrich Baron von Igelström (1695–1771) and Margarethe Elisabeth von Albedyll (1705–1765). He married Honorata Stempkowska, widowed Countess Załuska and Princess Lubomirski , but died without leaving any children.

Career

Contrary to the family tradition, which was inclined to Polish military service , Otto Heinrich entered Russian service as a 19-year-old . He advanced quickly, in 1766 he was assigned to the Russian ambassador in Warsaw , Prince Repnin , as a military advisor, in 1768 he found himself already in the rank of general and in 1769 he took part in the Turkish War, where he was greatly encouraged by Prince Potemkin . From 1776 to 1784 he was commander of the St. Petersburg Division and at the same time a member of the St. Petersburg War College. In 1784 he finally became commander in the Crimea, where he captured Khan Şahbaz Giray after insubordination. Then he was governor of Simbirsk and Ufa from 1784 to 1786 . In the meantime he was promoted to lieutenant general, and from 1788 to 1790 he was in the field against the Turks and Swedes . As General en Chef concluded the peace at Werela in 1790 , finally became corps commander in Finland and in 1792 governor of Pleskau and Smolensk , in 1793 also of Kiev and Chernigow and also represented the interests of Russia during the second partition of Poland . In 1794 he replaced Count Jakob Johann von Sievers as envoy in Warsaw, but after Igelström did not meet the Empress's expectations , was surprised by the rebels and was only able to save himself with a few troops, he fell out of favor and was recalled. Under Paul I , he found again as war governor of Orenburg use but received in 1798 his farewell . He retired to his Lithuanian estates where he spent his old age.

Stanisław August awarded him the Order of the White Eagle. In addition, he was the holder of the Alexander Nevsky Order , the Order of St. Vladimir 1st Class, the Order of St. Andrew and the Order of St. George III. Class.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Genealogisches Handbuch der Graflichen Häuser B1, Volume 6 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag , Limburg / Lahn 1953, pp. 196–198; B 4, volume 54 of the complete series, 1973, pp. 136-138; Adelslexikon Vol. 5, Volume 84 of the complete series, 1984, p. 441; 17, Volume 144 of the complete series, 2008, p. 339.
  2. ↑ European genealogical manual , Volume 1, Leipzig 1794, p. 105.
predecessor Office successor
Akim Ivanovich Apuchtin Governor General in Simbirsk
1784–1791 		Otto Iwanow von Derfelden
Jacob Johann Sievers Russian ambassador to Poland-Lithuania
1794 		Ivan d'Ash
War governor in Orenburg
1795–1798 		Nikolai Nikolaiewitch Bakhmetev
personal data
SURNAME Igelström, Otto Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Igelström, Otto Henrik (Swedish); Игельстром, Осип Андреевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian general and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH Livonia
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1823
Place of death Garsden