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Russia
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n, Lithuania
Lithuania
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n and Swedish
Sweden
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family of Baltic German
Baltic German
The Baltic Germans were mostly ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, which today form the countries of Estonia and Latvia. The Baltic German population never made up more than 10% of the total. They formed the social, commercial, political and cultural élite in...
origin. The family probably originated from Pomerania
Pomerania
Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...
but in the beginning of 15th century moved to Livonia
Livonia
Livonia is a historic region along the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea. It was once the land of the Finnic Livonians inhabiting the principal ancient Livonian County Metsepole with its center at Turaida...
. First historical account of this family dates to 1120 when Johannes de Pala was governor or Riga.
On 18 September 1679 Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI of Sweden
Charles XI also Carl, was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period in Swedish history known as the Swedish empire ....
gave the baron
Baron
Baron is a title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin baro meaning " man, warrior"; it merged with cognate Old English beorn meaning "nobleman"...
ial rank to five brothers of the family and all their descendants. In 1799 Paul I of Russia
Paul I of Russia
Paul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
gave Petr Alekseevich Pahlen
Petr Alekseevich Pahlen
Count Peter Alekseyevich Pahlen was a Russian courtier who played a pivotal role in the assassination of Emperor Paul. He became a general in 1798, a count in 1799, and was the Military Governor of St...
and all his descendants the count
Count
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rank. By the decision of Russian Government of 1755 and 1865 most of the other members of Pahlen got the baronial rank of the Russian empire. Members of the branches with Russian baronial titles also live in Sweden, and form part of the unintroduced nobility.
Among the notable members of the family:
- Count Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen (1745-1826 - Russian courtier, organizer of the assassination of Paul I of RussiaPaul I of RussiaPaul I was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801. He also was the 72nd Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta .-Childhood:...
; - Count Paul Carl Ernst Wilhelm Philipp von der Pahlen; ( Pahlen the 2nd 1775-1834), Russian General of Cavalry, hero of the War of 1812War of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
; son of Petr Alekseevich; - Count Peter von der Pahlen (Pahlen the 1st; 1778 - 1864); Russian General of Cavalry, hero of the War of 1812War of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
, Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829The Russo–Turkish War of 1828–1829 was sparked by the Greek War of Independence. The war broke out after the Sultan, incensed by the Russian participation in the Battle of Navarino, closed the Dardanelles for Russian ships and revoked the Akkerman Convention....
and the campaign against the November UprisingNovember UprisingThe November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...
in PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, son of Peter von der Pahlen; - Count Fyodor Petrovich PahlenFyodor Petrovich PahlenCount Fyodor Petrovich Pahlen was a Russian diplomat and administrator.-Biography:Fyodor was the youngest son of Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, a prominent Russian courtier. He worked at Russian diplomatic missions in Sweden, France and Great Britain...
(1780-1863), Russian diplomat, Governor-General of NovorossiyaNovorossiyaNovorossiya is a historic area of lands which established itself solidly after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate by the Russian Empire, but was introduced with the establishment of Novorossiysk Governorate with the capital in Kremenchuk in the mid 18th century. Until that time in both Polish...
, and Plenipotentiary President of the Divans in the Danubian PrincipalitiesDanubian PrincipalitiesDanubian Principalities was a conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century. The term was coined in the Habsburg Monarchy after the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca in order to designate an area on the lower Danube with a common...
, son of Petr Alekseevich; - Baron Matvey Ivanovich Pahlen (Pahlen the 3d, 1776-1863) Major-General of Cavalry, hero of the War of 1812War of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
; - Baron Ditrich Von der Pahlen, Russian military officer, friend of Mikhail LermontovMikhail LermontovMikhail Yuryevich Lermontov , a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", became the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837. Lermontov is considered the supreme poet of Russian literature alongside Pushkin and the greatest...
- Count Konstantin Ivanovich Pahlen (1833—1912), Russian General and Statesman, hero of Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), PskovPskovPskov is an ancient city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in the northwest of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: -Early history:...
governor, Russian minister for justice (1867-1878), grandson of Petr Alekseevich; - Count Alexey Petrovich Pahlen (1874-1938) Russian Lieutenant-General, White movementWhite movementThe White movement and its military arm the White Army - known as the White Guard or the Whites - was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces.The movement comprised one of the politico-military Russian forces who fought...
officer under Nikolai Nikolaevich YudenichNikolai Nikolaevich YudenichNikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich , was a commander of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. He was a leader of the anti-communist White movement in Northwestern Russia during the Civil War.-Early life:... - Emanuel A. von der PahlenEmanuel von der PahlenBaron Emanuel A. von der Pahlen was a German astronomer.He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, but left for Germanyfollowing the revolution of 1917. He was...
(4 Jul 1882 - 18 Jul 1952) Astronomer with a lunar craterVon der Pahlen (crater)Von der Pahlen is an eroded lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon from the Earth. It is located about one crater diameter to the south-southwest of the crater Strömgren. Farther to the south is the larger Chebyshev, and to the west-southwest lies Das.This crater has been heavily...
named after him.