Levin August Gottlieb Theophil, Graf von Bennigsen, also known as Leonty Leontyevich Bennigsen, was a German general in the service of the Russian Empire. Bennigsen made a name for himself in Russian
Portrait by George Dawe (1820)
Bennigsen with the Ribbon of Saint George.
Count Bennigsen and his family * Wife Maria-Leonarda * Son Alexander
The siege of Hamburg took place from December 1813 to May 1814, at the end of the wars of the War of the Sixth Coalition. The French garrison of Hamburg, commanded by Marshal Davout, resisted the coal