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Magnus Gustav von Essen | |
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 Portrait of Essen by George Dawe | |
| 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.
- ^ 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.