Not to be confused with his grandnephew Alexander Konstantinovich Benckendorff, Russian ambassador to Great Britain during World War I.
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Alexander von Benckendorff
Portrait of by George Dawe
Native name
Александр Христофорович Бенкендорф
Birth name
Konstantin Alexander Karl Wilhelm Christoph Graf von Benckendorff
Born
(1781-07-04)4 July 1781 Reval
Died
5 October 1844(1844-10-05) (aged 63) Dagö
Buried
Keila-Joa
Allegiance
Russian Empire
Service/branch
Cavalry
Rank
General
Unit
Semyonovsky Life-Guards Regiment
Commands held
Partisan (Kossak irregular) units
Battles/wars
War of 1812-13
Awards
Order of the White Eagle
Spouse(s)
Elisaveta Pavlovna Donez-Sacharshevskaya
Children
3 daughters
Relations
General Baron Christoph von Benckendorff
Konstantin Alexander Karl Wilhelm Christoph Graf[1] von Benckendorff (Russian: Александр Христофорович Бенкендорф, Alexander Khristoforovich Benkendorf, 4 July [O.S. 23 June] 1781 or 1783 – 5 October [O.S. 11 September or 23 September] 1844) was a Baltic German Cavalry General and statesman, Adjutant General of Tsar Alexander I, a commander of partisan (Kossak irregular) units during the War of 1812–13. However, he is most frequently remembered for his later role, under Tsar Nicholas I, as the founding head of the Gendarmes and the Secret Police in Imperial Russia.
^Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.
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