Magnus Gustav von Essen

Magnus Gustav von Essen
Portrait of Essen by George Dawe
Born30 September [O.S. 19] 1759
Pöddes Manor [et], Pöddes, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
(in present-day Kalvi, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia)
Died20 July [O.S. 8] 1813 (aged 53)
Baldohn, Bauske County, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire
(in present-day Baldone Municipality, Latvia)
Allegiance Russian Empire
Ranklieutenant general
Battles / wars
AwardsOrder of St George,
4th degree

Magnus Gustav von Essen[1] (Russian: Иван Николаевич Эссен; Ivan Nikolaevich Essen; 30 September [O.S. 19] 1759 – 20 July [O.S. 8] 1813) was a Baltic German lieutenant general and military governor of Riga at the start of the Patriotic War of 1812.

  1. ^ 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 their last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.