Abram Petrovich Gannibal

Abram Petrovich Gannibal
Abram Petrovich Gannibal
	Abram Gannibal, bust in Petrovskoe
Other name(s)	Petrov Hannibal
Born	c. 1696; Ethiopian Empire or Cameroon (see Debate over Gannibal's place of birth)
Died	14 May 1781 (aged circa 85); Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Allegiance	Tsardom of Russia (1704-1721); Kingdom of France (1718-1722); Russian Empire (1721-1781);
Years of service	1718–1722 (Kingdom of France); 1723–1762 (Imperial Russia);
Rank	General-in-chief (Imperial Russia); Captain (Kingdom of France);
Battles/wars	Battle of Fuenterrabia (War of the Quadruple Alliance in the Army of Louis XV)
Spouse(s)	; Evdokia Dioper (m. 1731; div. 1753) ; Christina Regina Siöberg (m. 1736, unrecognized until 1753)
Children	10
Other work	Master military engineer, military officer, teacher, author
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Abram Petrovich^[a] Gannibal, also Hannibal or Ganibal, or Abram Hannibal or Abram Petrov (Russian: Абра́м Петро́вич Ганниба́л; c. 1696 – 14 May 1781^[1]), was a Russian Chief Military Engineer, General-in-Chief, and nobleman of African origin. Kidnapped and enslaved as a child by Ottomans, Gannibal was smuggled to Russia and presented as a gift to Peter the Great, where he was freed, adopted and raised in the Emperor's court household as his godson.^[2]

Gannibal eventually rose to become a prominent member of the imperial court in the reign of Peter's daughter Elizabeth. He had 11 children, most of whom became members of the Russian nobility. One of his great-grandsons was the author and poet Alexander Pushkin.^[3]

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^ Лихауг [Lihaug], Э. Г. [E. G.] (November 2006). "Предки А. С. Пушкина в Германии и Скандинавии: происхождение Христины Регины Шёберг (Ганнибал) от Клауса фон Грабо из Грабо" [Ancestors of A. S. Pushkin in Germany and Scandinavia: Descent of Christina Regina Siöberg (Hannibal) from Claus von Grabow zu Grabow]. Генеалогический вестник [Genealogical Herald]. 27. Санкт-Петербург [St. Petersburg]: 31–38.
^ Phillips, Mike. "Pushkin's African background – the Pushkins and the Gannibals." British Library. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
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[Лихауг_Lihaug_2006_31–38-2] Лихауг [Lihaug], Э. Г. [E. G.] (November 2006). "Предки А. С. Пушкина в Германии и Скандинавии: происхождение Христины Регины Шёберг (Ганнибал) от Клауса фон Грабо из Грабо" [Ancestors of A. S. Pushkin in Germany and Scandinavia: Descent of Christina Regina Siöberg (Hannibal) from Claus von Grabow zu Grabow]. Генеалогический вестник [Genealogical Herald]. 27. Санкт-Петербург [St. Petersburg]: 31–38.

[godson-3] Phillips, Mike. "Pushkin's African background – the Pushkins and the Gannibals." British Library. Retrieved May 26, 2016.

[slav-4] Cite error: The named reference slav was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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