Gotthard Johann von Knorring
Gotthard Johann von Knorring | |
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Born | 1744 or 1746 Ervita |
Died | December 17, 1825 Dorpat |
Rank | General |
Battles / wars | Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Polish–Russian War of 1792 |
Relations | Brothers Karl Knorring and Otto Knorring |
Gotthard Johann von Knorring (1744 or 1746 – 1825; Russian: Богдан Фёдорович Кнорринг, Bogdan Fyodorovich Knorring) was a Baltic German who was a soldier in the Russian Army, rising to become a general.
Biography
[edit]He was born in 1744 or 1746.[1] Knorring grew up on Ervita manor, in the Governorate of Estonia. He was appointed general quartermaster in 1788 and had active duty during the war against Sweden (1788–1790). In 1792-1794 he participated in the campaigns in Poland-Lithuania (see Polish–Russian War of 1792 and Kościuszko Uprising). When Paul I started his reign, Knorring withdrew from the military for some years. He participated in the war against France in 1807 but was recalled due to disagreements with the commanding general, Levin August von Bennigsen. In December 1808 he was appointed commander of the Russian forces in Finland after Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoevden and under his command the Russian forces crossed the Gulf of Bothnia on the ice and invaded Sweden proper. Shortly after, in March 1809 the command of the Russian forces transferred to Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly. He died in 1825.
See also
[edit]There was another General Knorring, his brother Karl Knorring, who was involved in the Russian annexation of Georgia in 1801.
References
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[edit]- 1746 births
- 1825 deaths
- People from Järva Parish
- People from the Governorate of Estonia
- Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire
- Nobility from the Russian Empire
- Imperial Russian Army generals
- Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars
- Russian military personnel of the Finnish War
- Russian people of the Kościuszko Uprising
- Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Second Degree
- Knorring family