Lodewijk van Heiden
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Lodewijk Sigismund Vincent Gustaaf Reichsgraf[1] van Heiden (German: Ludwig Sigismund Vinzent Gustav Reichsgraf van Heyden; Russian: Логгин (Логин) Петрович Гейден, romanized: Loggin (Login) Petrovich Geyden; 6 September 1773 – 17 October 1850) was a Dutch naval officer and Orangist who went into exile from the Batavian Republic and served in the Russian Navy. He ultimately became a Russian admiral and commanded a squadron of the Imperial Russian Navy in the Battle of Navarino (1827).
He was the father of Fyodor Logginovich van Heiden.
Personal life
Born in Zuidlaren, in the northeast of the Netherlands, Van Heiden was the second son of Sigismund Pieter Alexander Reichsgraf van Heiden, Lord of Reinestein and Laarwoud, Drost of Drenthe, and Marie Frederique Freiin van Reede. He is the only Dutch naval hero to have come from the landlocked province of Drenthe.
Van Heiden married Anne-Marie Akeleye, daughter of Captain Johannes Akeleye, a
Lodewijk van Heiden joined the Dutch Navy at the age of nine, and was promoted to
In 1795, Van Heiden, or Geiden, as he became known in Russia, offered his services to the Russian Emperor. He was appointed Captain-Lieutenant at sea at only twenty-two and quickly rose through the ranks. He operated in the Black Sea until 1803; during that period, he was promoted to Captain at Sea 2nd class. After marrying van Heiden settled in Estonia, then one of the Russian
In 1808, Van Heiden was promoted to Captain 1st class and was awarded command of the Russian flotilla in
After the siege of Danzig (1813), Van Heiden was promoted to Commodore. He was decorated several times during this period, apparently partly in order to keep him in the Russian ranks.[citation needed]
Commander in the Mediterranean
In 1826, Van Heiden was given command of the Russian fleet in the Mediterranean (with
Governor of Kronstadt
At the height of his fame, respected everywhere and by everyone, decorated with numerous European medals, he was summoned by the Tsar to become
Return to the Netherlands
In 1832, Van Heiden returned to the Netherlands for the last time. He was welcomed by the monarch, King
Honours and awards
- Order of St. Alexander Nevskywith diamonds
- Order of St. George, III degree (9 November 1827), IV degree (6 June 1821)
- Order of Saint Vladimir. 1st class
- Order of the White Eagle
- Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Commander of the Military Order of William (26 August 1832)
- Order of St. Anna1st class
- Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
- Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword (Sweden)
- Gold Sword for Bravery
References
- ^ Regarding personal names: Reichsgraf is a title, usually translated as Imperial Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Reichsgräfin. Titles using the prefix Reichs- were not created after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften Teil 2,3: Estland, Görlitz 1930
External links
- N. Michalkova (1996) Словарь русских генералов, участников боевых действий против армии Наполеона Бонапарта в 1812-1815 гг, volume VII, pp. 353–354, 1996, Russian Archives (in Russian)
- Lodewijk Sigismund Vincent van Heiden, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (in Dutch)
- Heiden, (Lodewijk Sigismund Vincent Gustaaf graaf van) , Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW) volume 5, p. 224 (in Dutch)
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