Peter Wittgenstein
| Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein | |
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Count Peter Wittgenstein.
Portrait by George Dawe |
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| Born |
17 January 1769 Pereiaslav |
| Died | 11 June 1843 (aged 74) Lemberg, Austrian Empire |
| Allegiance |
 Russian Empire
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| Service/branch | Imperial Russian Army |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein (Pyotr Khristianovich Vitgenshtein) (German: Ludwig Adolph Peter Fürst zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Russian: Пётр Христиа́нович Ви́тгенштейн) (17 January (6 January) 1769 in Pereiaslav – 11 June 1843 in Lemberg, Austrian Empire) 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).
He was promoted to Major in 1793 of the Ukrainian light cavalry regiment. He fought with the unit in the Kościuszko Uprising. Promoted to the rank of colonel in 1798, and to major general in 1799, in 1800 he took command of the Mariupolski Hussars Regiment.
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 Russian Army, which he commanded in the First and Second battle of Polotsk. It was the battle that decided fate of Saint-Petersburg, and earned him the title of "Saviour of Saint- Petersburg". Alexander I awarded him the Order of St. George. He tried to combine with Pavel Chichagov, at the Battle of Berezina, and later combined with the Prussian army corps under Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg.
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