Prince Peter Khristianovich Wittgenstein (German: Ludwig Adolph Peter Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Russian: Пётр Христиа́нович Ви́тгенштейн) (17 January (6 January) 1769, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi - 11 June 1843, Lviv) was a Russian Field Marshal distinguished for his services in the Napoleonic wars.
Born Count Ludwig Adolf Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg, he was descended from a family of independent counts whose seat was in Berleburg (presen...
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Prince Peter Khristianovich Wittgenstein (German: Ludwig Adolph Peter Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Russian: Пётр Христиа́нович Ви́тгенштейн) (17 January (6 January) 1769, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi - 11 June 1843, Lviv) was a Russian Field Marshal distinguished for his services in the Napoleonic wars.
Born Count Ludwig Adolf Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg, he was descended from a family of independent counts whose seat was in Berleburg (present day North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). His parents were Count Christian Louis Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg and his first wife Countess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein.
In 1805, he fought at Austerlitz, in 1806 against the Turks and in 1807 against Napoleon at Friedland and against the Swedes in Finland.
In the war of 1812 he commanded the right wing army of the Russians which he commanded in the First and Second battle of Polotsk. It was a battle that eventually decided faith of Saint-Petersburg, and the whole Napoleonic...
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