Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky
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Knyaz Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky Russian: Волко́нский Пётр Миха́йлович) (b.May 5 (April 25, O.S.), 1776 St Petersburg - d. September 8 (August 27, O.S.), 1852), Russian military commander, General-Field Marshal (1850), Adjutant General to Alexander I, member of the State Council (1821), His Serene Highness knyaz (1834).
Volkonsky participated in the plot to remove Paul I from throne and became one of closest advisors to Alexander I. He Commanded the Russian troops in Battle of Austerlitz.
He was Chief of Staff of the Acting Army from December 1812 and Chief of General Staff (1815-1823). Resigned after a conflict with the War Minister Count Alexey Arakcheyev.
He was an Ambassador to the coronation of Charles X of France in 1824. Minister of Imperial Court and Properties since 1826.
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