Alexander Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn
Prince Alexander Magnus Friedrich Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn (Russian: Александр Петрович Барклай-де-Толли-Веймарн, Alexander Petrovich Barklay-de-Tolli-Veymarn; December 22, 1824 – May 8, 1905), born as Alexander Magnus Friedrich von Weymarn, was a Baltic German military commander who served in the Imperial Russian Army.
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| Birth name | Alexander Magnus Friedrich von Weymarn |
| Born | December 22, 1824 Pärnu, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Died | May 8, 1905 Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire |
| Service/ | Imperial Russian Army |
| Commands held | Pavlovsky Regiment 24th Infantry Division 1st Army Corps |
| Battles/wars | Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) |
Life and family
He was a member of the Baltic German nobility, and the son of General Wilhelm Peter Jost von Weymarn (1793–1846) and his wife, Christina Augusta von Lueder (1803–1887). He married Marie Friederike von Seddeler in 1849 and had three children: daughters Alexandrine "Ada" Auguste Olga Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn and Marie "Mira" Georgia Augusta Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn, and son Ludwig Alexander Michael Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn.
His maternal grandmother was the sister of Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, a very prominent military commander who was made a count in 1813 and a prince in 1815 by Alexander I of Russia. After the extinction of the original Barclay de Tolly princely line upon the death in 1871 of Prince Michael's son (Magnus Barclay de Tolly), Alexander von Weymarn was allowed to assume the title of Prince Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn in 1872, by permission of Alexander II of Russia.[1]
Awards
- Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class, 1849
- Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class, 1855
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class, 1856
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 3rd class, 1860
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov), 1st class, 1861
- Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, 1864
- Order of Saint Vladimir, 2nd class, 1869
- Order of the White Eagle (Russian Empire)
- Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1886
Foreign honours
- House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis, 3rd class
- Order of the Dannebrog
- Order of the Red Eagle, 1st class, 1873
- Order of the Iron Crown, 1st class, 1874
- Order of the Sword
- House Order of the Wendish Crown
Bibliography
- Baltische Historische Kommission (Hrsg.): Weymarn, Alexander Magnus Friedrich v., seit 31. Mai 1872 Fürst Barclay de Tolly-W. In: BBLd – Baltisches Biographisches Lexikon digital. Göttingen 2012.
- Nicolai von Essen (Hrsg.): Genealogisches Handbuch der Oeselschen Ritterschaft. Tartu, 1935, S. 443.
- Genealogisches Handbuch der Baltischen Ritterschaften. (Neue Folge), Band 2, Hamburg 2012, S. 28–31.
- Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften. Teil 2, 3: Estland. Görlitz 1930, S. 274f.
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| Preceded by Veljaminov |
Commander of the Pavlovsky Regiment 1863–1867 |
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Commander of the 24th Infantry Division 1868–1876 |
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Commander of the 1st Army Corps 1876–1888 |
Succeeded by Mikhail Pavlovich Danilov |
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