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Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly

1761 - 1818

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Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (baptised 27 December [O.S. 16 December] 1761 – 26 May [O.S. 14 May] 1818) was a Russian field marshal who figured prominently in the Napoleonic Wars. Barclay was born into a Baltic German family from Livland. His father was the first of his family to be accepted into the Russian nobility. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly has received more than 585,549 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly is the 82nd most popular nobleman (up from 132nd in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 6th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Nobleman.

Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly was a Prussian General who led the Russian Army against Napoleon.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly ranks 82 out of 1,415. Before him are Henrietta of England, Dmitry Donskoy, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Pepin of Landen, Cleopatra of Macedon, and Elisabeth Farnese. After him are Ramesses IV, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Arthur, Prince of Wales, Roger I of Sicily, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, and Prince Claus of the Netherlands.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly ranks 3. Before him are Pope Pius VIII, and Selim III. After him are Marie Tussaud, Jan Potocki, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, William Carey, August von Kotzebue, Philippe Buonarroti, Jean-Charles Pichegru, Sineperver Sultan, and Louis-Léopold Boilly. Among people deceased in 1818, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly ranks 4. Before him are Charles XIII of Sweden, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Gaspard Monge. After him are Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Maria Isabel of Braganza, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, Matthew Lewis, Paul Revere, and Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly ranks 82 out of 1,694. Before him are Werner von Blomberg (1878), Tamara de Lempicka (1898), Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906), Kurt Alder (1902), and Catherine Jagiellon (1526). After him are Andrzej Sapkowski (1948), Carl Menger (1840), Robert Luther (1822), Friedrich Bergius (1884), Norbert Elias (1897), and Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Poland

Among noblemen born in Poland, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly ranks 2. Before him are Catherine the Great (1729). After him are Cymburgis of Masovia (1394), Julia, Princess of Battenberg (1825), Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797), Anna Catherine Constance Vasa (1619), Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile (1140), Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1755), Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg (1693), Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1454), Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1549), and Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266).

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