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Peter von Lacy | |
|---|---|
 Peter Lacy by Johann Jacob Haid | |
| Governor of Riga | |
| In office 1729–1740 | |
| Commander Saint Petersburg and Veliky Novgorod | |
| In office 1725–1728 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pierce Edmond de Lacy 30 October 1678 Killeedy, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 30 April 1751 (aged 72) Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire |
| Resting place | Private estate |
| Spouse | Maret Philippine "Martha" von Funcken |
| Children | Count Franz Moritz von Lacy |
| Occupation | Soldier |
| Awards | Order of Saint Andrew Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky Order of the White Eagle (Poland) [1] |
| Military service | |
| Years of service | 1691 to 1751 |
| Rank | General-feldmarshal |
| Battles/wars | |
Peter Graf[2] von Lacy (Russian: Пётр Петрович Ласси, romanized: Pyotr Petrovich Lassi; English: Pierce Edmond de Lacy; Irish: Peadar (Piarais Éamonn) de Lása; 26 September 1678 – 30 April 1751)[3] was an Irish-born soldier who later served in the Imperial Russian army.
Considered one of the most successful Russian Imperial commanders before Rumyantsev and Suvorov, in a military career that spanned half a century he claimed to have participated in 31 campaigns, 18 battles, and 18 sieges. He died on his private estate in Riga, where he served as governor for many years.
One of his sons was Count Franz Moritz von Lacy,[4] who went on to serve in the Imperial Habsburg Army, while his nephew George Browne (1698-1792) was also a general in the Russian army.[5]
- ^ Ó'Ciardha 2014, p. 15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Edward de Lacy-Bellingari: The roll of the house of Lacy: pedigrees, military memoirs and synoptical history of the ancient and illustrious family of De Lacy, from the earliest times, in all its branches, to the present day. Full notices on allied families and a memoir of the Brownes (Camas). Waverly Press, Baltimore (MD) 1928. viii, 409 pages, 24 cm. online
- ^ Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2020). Das irische Geschlecht O'Reilly und seine Verbindungen zu Österreich und Russland [The Irish O'Reilly family and their connections to Austria and Russia], in: Diachronie – Ethnos – Tradition: Studien zur slawischen Sprachgeschichte [Diachrony – Ethnos – Tradition: Studies in Slavic Language History]. Eds. Jasmina Grković-Major, Natalia B. Korina, Stefan M. Newerkla, Fedor B. Poljakov, Svetlana M. Tolstaja. Brno: Tribun EU, pp. 259–279 (open access), here pp. 259–261.
- ^ Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2019). Die irischen Reichsgrafen von Browne-Camus in russischen und österreichischen Diensten. Vom Vertrag von Limerick (1691) bis zum Tod ihres Hausfreunds Ludwig van Beethoven (1827) [= The Irish counts of Browne-Camus in Russian and Austrian service. From the Treaty of Limerick (1691) to the death of their friend Ludwig van Beethoven (1827)]. In: Lazar Fleishman – Stefan Michael Newerkla – Michael Wachtel (eds.): Скрещения судеб. Literarische und kulturelle Beziehungen zwischen Russland und dem Westen. A Festschrift for Fedor B. Poljakov (= Stanford Slavic Studies, Volume 49). Berlin: Peter Lang, pp. 43–68, here pp. 50–57.