Karl Ludwig von Budberg

Baron Karl Vasilievich Ludwig von Budberg (9 July 1775–8 September 1829) was an Imperial Russian cavalry general and nobleman who participated in the Napoleonic Wars.
Biography.
Born to a noble Baltic German family in the Governorate of Livonia, von Budberg first joined the military at the age of eleven. He participated in the Italian and Swiss expedition and the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in 1799 and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel by 1801.
During the War of the Fourth Coalition, von Budberg fought in the battles of Guttstadt-Deppen, Heilsberg, Friedland, and Eylau, at which he was wounded in the arm.
In 1811 he was made chief of His Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment, and maintained this command through the French invasion of Russia and the subsequent War of the Sixth Coalition, where he distinguished himself in numerous battles, including Borodino, Kulm, and Leipzig. He was promoted to Major General in 1813.
In 1816 von Budberg was made commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 1st Cuirassier Division, and then commander of the 2nd Hussar Division in 1824. In 1826 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and then fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828, during which he died of a sudden illness.