Levin August von Bennigsen

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general human military officer

Levin August von Bennigsen was a Hanoverian-born Russian general best known for leading Russian forces against Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Label Occurrences
Levin August von Bennigsen canonical 8
Alexander von Bennigsen 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf general ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
awardReceived Order of St. Andrew (Russia) ⓘ
surface form: Order of St. Andrew

Order of St. George ⓘ
Pour le Mérite ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of Hanover

Russian Empire ⓘ
employer Hanoverian Army ⓘ
Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
familyName Bennigsen ⓘ
surface form: von Bennigsen
givenName Levin ⓘ
memberOf Hanoverian court ⓘ
surface form: Hanoverian nobility

Russian nobility ⓘ
militaryBranch cavalry ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
movement coalition forces against Napoleonic France ⓘ
nativeLanguage German ⓘ
notableCommanderOf Russian forces at the Battle of Eylau ⓘ
Russian forces at the Battle of Friedland ⓘ
notableFor leading Russian forces against Napoleon ⓘ
notableWork command of Russian forces against Napoleon ⓘ
occupation general ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
opponent Napoleon I ⓘ
surface form: Napoleon I of France
participatedIn Battle of Borodino ⓘ
Battle of Eylau ⓘ
Battle of Friedland ⓘ
Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
French invasion of Russia ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
War of the Fifth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brunswick ⓘ
positionHeld commander of Russian field army ⓘ
general-in-chief in the Russian army ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War of the Fourth Coalition → commander → Levin August von Bennigsen ⓘ
Battle of Friedland → RussianCommander → Levin August von Bennigsen ⓘ
Eastern Front of the Napoleonic Wars → opponentCommander → Levin August von Bennigsen ⓘ
Pravdinsk → commandedBy → Levin August von Bennigsen ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Friedland
Battle of Pultusk → commander → Levin August von Bennigsen ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Pułtusk
Battle of Heilsberg → commander → Levin August von Bennigsen ⓘ
Friedland → commandedByRussian → Levin August von Bennigsen ⓘ
Battle of Eylau → commander → Levin August von Bennigsen ⓘ
Battle of Tarutino → commander → Levin August von Bennigsen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexander von Bennigsen