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Peter Essen

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Baltic German military general (1772-1844)

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Count Peter Essen was a Baltic German General of the Infantry in 1819 and a count (1833). He belongs to the bourgeois Essen family from Pärnu.

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Portrait by George Dawe from the Military Gallery of the Winter PalacePortrait by George Dawe from the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace[1][1]

Awards 11

Order of the Black Eagle
Order of St. Andrew
Order of St. George, 3rd class
Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
Order of St. George
Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
Order of the White Eagle
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
Order of Saint Anna, 4th class
Gold Sword for Bravery
Order of the Red Eagle

Connected to Peter 6

Illarion VasilchikovAlso won Order of St. GeorgeDmitry TatishchevAlso won Order of St. GeorgeIvan BarbovitchAlso won Order of St. GeorgeZahar Dimitrijevič OlsufjevAlso won Order of St. GeorgeLudwig von Wallmoden-GimbornAlso won Order of St. GeorgeAlexander ZasyadkoAlso won Order of St. George

About this person

Count Peter Essen was a Baltic German General of the Infantry in 1819 and a count (1833). He belongs to the bourgeois Essen family from Pärnu. Essen's only daughter, Alexandrine Essen (1816-1868), married count Pontus von Stenbock-Fermor (1806-1866) in 1835, at which point they began using the joint name Essen-Stenbock-Fermor.

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Status
deceased
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Lived 1772 to 1844 · aged 72
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