Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov

Prince

Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov
Prince; Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov
	Portrait by G. Dawe
Other name(s)	Andrey
Born	1768; Moscow
Died	1855 (aged 87); Moscow
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Service/branch	Infantry
Years of service	1786–1820
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	1st Infantry Corps
Battles/wars	War of the Second Coalition Battle of Cassano (1799); Battle of Trebbia (1799); Battle of Novi (1799); ; War of the Fourth Coalition Battle of Heilsberg (1807); Battle of Friedland (1807); ; French invasion of Russia Battle of Smolensk (1812); Battle of Shevardino (1812); Battle of Borodino (1812); ; War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Bautzen (1813); Battle of Dresden (1813); Battle of Leipzig (1813); Battle of Brienne (1814); Battle of Bar-sur-Aube (1814); Battle of Laubressel (1814); Battle of Paris (1814); ;
Relations	Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (uncle)

Prince Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov (1768 – 1855) led a Russian infantry corps in the German Campaign of 1813 and the French Campaign of 1814 during the Napoleonic Wars. He participated in the 1799 Italian and Swiss expedition on the staff of his uncle Alexander Suvorov and was at Cassano, the Trebbia and Novi. At Heilsberg he replaced Bennigsen as commander-in-chief, at Friedland he was at the head of the army's right wing (1807). In 1812 he fought at Smolensk and Borodino. At Bautzen in May 1813 he led the second line of the Right Wing. He commanded the 1st Infantry Corps, at Dresden and Leipzig in 1813 and at Bar-sur-Aube, Laubressel and Paris in 1814.

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