Jan Pieter van Suchtelen.
Dutch-Swedish-Russian diplomat and art collector from County of Liikkala (1751-1836)
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About Jan Pieter van Suchtelen
Jan Pieter van Suchtelen, Count of Liikkala, Pyotr Kornilovich Suchtelen/Sukhtelen, was a Dutch-born general in the Russian army and diplomat who became best known in Finland as the commander of the siege of Sveaborg during the Russo-Swedish War (1808–1809), and in Sweden as Russian minister to Stockholm from 1810 until his death. In 1812 Suchtelen was the plenipotentiary for Russian Emperor Alexander I in Örebro where he negotiated and signed the Treaty of Örebro which brought to an end the Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812). In that treaty his titles included "general of engineers, quarter-master general, [and] member of the council of state".
Everything about Jan Pieter van Suchtelen →- Occupation
- diplomat, military personnel, painter, military commander
- Position held
- ambassador of the Russian Empire, member of the State Council of the Russian Empire
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Born
- August 2, 1751, 1751
- Died
- January 18, 1836, 1822