Alexander von Güldenstubbe
Magnus Alexander Ludwig von[2] Güldenstubbe (Russian: Александр Иванович Гильденштуббе, tr. Aleksandr Ivanovich Gilʹdenshtubbe; 7 January [O.S. 27 November 1800] 1801 – 23 April [O.S. 11] 1884) was a Baltic German general of the Imperial Russian Army and commanded the Moscow Military District from 1864 to 1879. He participated in November Uprising in Poland and the Crimean War.
Alexander von Güldenstubbe | |
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 General of the Infantry Alexander von Güldenstubbe. | |
| Commander of the Moscow Military District | |
| In office 10 August [O.S. 29 November] 1864 – 17 April [O.S. 5] 1879 | |
| Monarch | Alexander II |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Pontus Brevern-de la Gardie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January [O.S. 27 December 1800] 1801 Kaunifer Manor (et), Karmel, Ösel County, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (in present-day Kaarma, Saare County, Estonia) |
| Died | 23 April [O.S. 11] 1884 (aged 83) St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Resting place | Karmel (present-day Kaarma, Estonia) |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Russian Empire |
| Branch/service |  Imperial Russian Army |
| Years of service | 1818 – 1884 |
| Commands | 1st Brigade, 1st Grenadier Division Semyonovsky Life Guards Regiment 1st Brigade, 1st Guards Infantry Division 1st Grenadier Division 1st Guards Infantry Division Moscow Military District (1864–1879) |
| Battles/wars | November Uprising Crimean War |
Biography
Origin
Güldenstubbe was born on 7 January [O.S. 27 December 1800] 1801 (27 December 1800 according to the Julian calendar at use in Russia at the time) in the family estate in Karmel (present-day Kaarma, Estonia), the seventh child of Johann Gustav von Güldenstubbe and Johanna Luise von Ekesparre (de). He was from the Baltic German and Swedish Güldenstubbe family (de), which was originally named Knutzen (or Knutson) and originated from either Holstein or Denmark.
Awards
Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class (1837)- Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class (1845)
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Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class (1848)
Order of St. Anna, 1st class (1849)- Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class (1855)
Order of the White Eagle (1856)
Order of St. Alexander Nevsky (1863)- Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class (1872)
Order of St. Andrew (1875)
Notes
Citations
- Klingspor, Carl Arvid. Baltic coat of arms book, pp. 41
- In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means of or from and usually denotes some sort of nobility. While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by his last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.
Sources
- Essen, Nicolai von. Genealogical Handbook of Oesel's Knighthood. Tartu (1935)
- Welding, Olaf. Baltic German Biographical Dictionary 1710-1960. (1970), from the Baltic Biographical Dictionary Digital