Alexander Chappuzeau (russian: Александр Шапиза or Шапизо) was a naval officer in the Russian Fleet.
[List of former and present Staff-Officers and Cadets of Land Gentry Cadet Corps, Nikolay Zhiglaev, St. Petersburg 1766, page 127 (in Russian)] He was the eldest son of
Jacob Chappuzeau
Jacob Chappuzeau (russian: Яков Шапизо) was a naval officer in the Russian Fleet, where he was one of three captains decorated for their part in the Battle of Ösel Island. He rose to be commander of the Russian naval base at Reval (now ...
.
Alexander Chappuzeau was aide-de-camp to the famous Count
Jean Armand de L'Estocq
Count Jean Armand de L'Estocq (German: ''Johann Hermann Lestocq'', Russian: ''Иван Иванович Лесток''; 29 April 1692, in Lüneburg – 12 June 1767, in Saint Petersburg) was a French adventurer who wielded immense influence on the ...
around 1743 to 1748.
In 1772, his daughter Anna married the famous botanist
Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin
Samuel George Gottlieb Gmelin (4 July 1744 – 27 July 1774) was a German physician, botanist, and explorer.
Background
Gmelin was born at Tübingen as part of a well-known family of naturalists. His father was Johann Conrad Gmelin, an apothecar ...
(1744–1774).
After his death, she married Peter Possiet de Roussier, and their descendants are found in the Stael von Holstein family.
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