Prince Alexander Magnus Friedrich Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn (, Alexander Petrovich Barklay-de-Tolli-Veymarn; December 22, 1824 – May 8, 1905), born as Alexander Magnus Friedrich von Weymarn, was a

Baltic German Baltic Germans ( or , later ) are Germans, ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–1950), their resettlement in 1945 after the end ...

military commander who served in the

Imperial Russian Army The Imperial Russian Army () was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of Regular army, regular troops and ...

Life and family

He was a member of the

Baltic German nobility The Baltic German nobility was a privileged social class in the territories of modern-day Estonia and Latvia. It existed continuously from the Northern Crusades and the medieval foundation of Terra Mariana. Most of the nobility consisted of Balt ...

, 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 Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (baptised – ) was a Russian field marshal who figured prominently in the Napoleonic Wars. Barclay was born into a Baltic German family from Livland. His father was the first of his family to be accep ...

, a very prominent military commander who was made a

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in 1813 and a

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in 1815 by

Alexander I of Russia Alexander I (, ; – ), nicknamed "the Blessed", was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first king of Congress Poland from 1815, and the grand duke of Finland from 1809 to his death in 1825. He ruled Russian Empire, Russia during the chaotic perio ...

. After the extinction of the original

Barclay de Tolly The Barclays de Tolly () are a Baltic German noble family. They descend from Peter Barclay, a merchant from Banff in Scotland who emigrated to Rostock in 1621. Barclay was himself descended from the barons of Towie or Tollie in Aberdeenshir ...

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 Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Grand Du ...

Honours

Russian orders and decorations

* Knight of the Imperial

Order of Saint Anna The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, on 14 February 1735, in hono ...

, 3rd Class, ''1849''; 2nd Class, ''1855''; 1st Class, ''1864'' * Knight of the Imperial

Order of Saint Vladimir The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir () was an Imperial Russian order established on by Empress Catherine the Great, Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Vladimir I, Prince of Kiev, Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptizer of ...

, 4th Class, ''1856''; 3rd Class, ''1860''; 2nd Class, ''1869'' * Knight of the Imperial

Order of Saint Stanislaus The Order of Saint Stanislaus (, ), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Poniatowski of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It remained under the Congress Poland, Kingdom of Pola ...

, 1st Class, ''1861'' * Knight of the Imperial Order of the White Eagle * Knight of the Imperial

Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky The Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was an order of chivalry of the Russian Empire first awarded on by Empress Catherine I of Russia. History The introduction of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky was envisioned by Emperor ...

, ''1886''

Foreign orders and decorations

House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis The House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (German: ''Haus und Verdienstorden von Herzog Peter Friedrich Ludwig'') or proper German Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Frederick Louis (German: ''Oldenburgischer Haus- und Verd ...

, 3rd Class * Grand Cross of the

Order of the Dannebrog The Order of the Dannebrog () is a Denmark, Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V of Denmark, Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the Order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single cla ...

, ''13 December 1867'' * Knight of the

Order of the Red Eagle The Order of the Red Eagle () was an order of chivalry of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was awarded to both military personnel and civilians, to recognize valor in combat, excellence in military leadership, long and faithful service to the kingdom, o ...

, 1st Class, ''7 May 1873'' * Knight of the

Order of the Iron Crown The Order of the Iron Crown () was an order of merit that was established on 5 June 1805 in the Kingdom of Italy by Napoleon Bonaparte under his title of Napoleon I, King of Italy. The order took its name from the ancient Iron Crown of Lombard ...

, 1st Class, ''1874'' * Commander Grand Cross of the Royal

Order of the Sword The Royal Order of the Sword (officially: ''Royal Order of the Sword''; Swedish: ''Kungliga Svärdsorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry and military decoration created by King Frederick I of Sweden on 23 February 1748, together with the Or ...

, ''19 July 1875'' * Grand Cross of the

House Order of the Wendish Crown The House Order of the Wendish Crown () is a dynastic order that was jointly instituted on 12 May 1864 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. It is the oldest and most s ...

, with Golden Crown, ''16 February 1876''

References

Bibliography

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(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

External links

Familie ''Barclay-de-Tolly-Weymarn'' on geneall.net

Familie ''Barclay-de-Tolly-Weymarn'' on geni.com
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