Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden

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Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhöwden
Portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky, c. 1809
Governor General of Livonia
In office 1808–1809
Preceded by	Count Alexander Tormasov
Succeeded by	Prince Dmitry Lobanov-Rostovsky
In office 1803–1806
Preceded by	Prince Sergei Golitsyn
Succeeded by	Count Alexander Tormasov
Governor General of Saint Petersburg
In office 1797–1798
Preceded by	Nikolai Arkharov
Succeeded by	Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen
Personal details
Born	13 September [O.S. 2 September] 1750 Muhu, Governate of Riga, Russian Empire
Died	4 September [O.S. 23 August] 1811 (aged 60) Lode Castle, Wiek, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
Education	Second Cadet Corps
Military service
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch/service	Imperial Russian Army Imperial Austrian Army[1]
Years of service	1770–1798, 1802–1810
Rank	General of Infantry
Unit	Kexholm Life Guards Regiment
Commands	Army of Volyn Army of Finland
Battles/wars	Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790) Polish–Russian War of 1792 Battle of Mir (1792) Kościuszko Uprising Battle of Krupczyce Battle of Praga Napoleonic Wars War of the Third Coalition Battle of Austerlitz War of the Fourth Coalition Finnish War Siege of Sveaborg

Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Buxhoevden (Russian: Фёдор Фёдорович Буксгевден, romanized: Fyodor Fyodorovich Buksgevden; other spellings: Feodor Buxhoeveden, Buxhœwden, Buxhöwden; September 14, 1750 – August 23, 1811) was a Russian general of the infantry and government official. Buxhoeveden commanded the Russian armies during the Finnish War.^[2]