Alexander Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn

Fürst
Alexander Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn
Born December 22, 1824
Pärnu, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died May 8, 1905
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Allegiance  Russian Empire
Service/branch  Imperial Russian Army
Commands held Pavlovsky Regiment
24th Infantry Division
1st Army Corps
Battles/wars Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Alexander Magnus Friedrich Fürst[1] Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn (Russian: Александр Петрович Барклай-де-Толли-Веймарн, Alexander Petrovich Barklay-de-Tolli-Veymarn; December 22, 1824 – May 8, 1905) was an Baltic German military commander who served in the Imperial Russian Army. He was a member of the Baltic German nobility. He was the son of Wilhelm Peter Jost von Weymarn. He married Marie Friederike von Seddeler in 1849 and had three children; daughters Alexandrine "Ada" Auguste Olga Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn and Marie "Mira" Georgia Augusta Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn and son Ludwig Alexander Michael Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn.

Awards

Foreign honors

Preceded by
Veljaminov
Commander of the Pavlovsky Regiment
1863–1867
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Commander of the 24th Infantry Division
1868–1876
Succeeded by
Preceded by
New office
Commander of the 1st Army Corps
1876–1888
Succeeded by
Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov

References

  1. Regarding personal names: Fürst is a title, translated as 'Prince', not a first or middle name. The feminine form is Fürstin.

Bibliography

  • Baltische Historische Kommission (Hrsg.): Weymarn, Alexander Magnus Friedrich v., seit 31. Mai 1872 Fürst Barclay de Tolly-W. In: BBLd – Baltisches Biographisches Lexikon digital. Göttingen 2012.
  • Nicolai von Essen (Hrsg.): Genealogisches Handbuch der Oeselschen Ritterschaft. Tartu, 1935, S. 443.
  • Genealogisches Handbuch der Baltischen Ritterschaften. (Neue Folge), Band 2, Hamburg 2012, S. 28–31.
  • Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften. Teil 2, 3: Estland. Görlitz 1930, S. 274f.
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