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Magnus Gustav von Essen | |
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Born | 30 September [O.S. 19] 1759 Pöddes Manor , Pöddes, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (in present-day Kalvi, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia) |
Died | 20 July [O.S. 8] 1813 (aged 53) Baldohn, Bauske County, Courland Governorate, Russian Empire (in present-day Baldone Municipality, Latvia) |
Allegiance | Russian Empire |
Rank | lieutenant general |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | Order 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.