Alexander von Stackelberg

Alexander Peter Julius Freiherr von Stackelberg ( Russian Александр Штакельберг ; * March 16 ^jul. / March 28, 1833 ^greg. In Magnushof on the island of Worms ; † March 15 ^jul. / March 27, 1898 ^greg. In Dorpat ) was a Russian Privy councilor of German Baltic origin.

Life

Alexander was a member of the Baltic Barons von Stackelberg . His parents were the secretary of the Estonian knighthood Friedrich von Stackelberg (1783-1846) and Wilhelmine, born von Vietinghoff from the house of Kechtel (1803-1845).

He studied at the Alexander Lyceum in St. Petersburg and served in the Ministry of Justice from 1853, later as an official for special assignments with the Governor General of Western Siberia . In the years 1865 to 1873 he was then Courland Governorate Procureur and since 1873 Oberprokureur of the 2nd department of the III. Department of the Conducting Senate . After he had advanced to Real Councilor of State in 1869 , he was promoted to Privy Councilor and Senator in 1877 . From 1880 to 1883 he was curator of the Dorpater teaching district. In 1881 he became an honorary member of the Estonian Scholarly Society in Dorpat. Stackelberg had received the Courland indigenous in 1870 and was the owner of the Marren manor in Courland .

He married Bertha Elisabeth Baroness Korff (1835–1902) in 1858 . The marriage resulted in 10 children, including the lawyer, senator and privy councilor Nikolai von Stackelberg (1861–1943).

Web links

Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Alexander Peter Julius von Stackelberg. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Entry in the Erik Amburger database at the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Oskar Stavenhagen (Berab.): Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods , part 3.1: Kurland , Görlitz 1939, p. 194 .; Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods part 2, 1.2: Estland , Görlitz 1930, pp. 326–327 and p. 329.

personal data
SURNAME	Stackelberg, Alexander von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stackelberg, Alexander Peter Julius von (full name); Stackelberg, Alexander Peter Julius Freiherr von (full name with title); Штакельберг, Александр (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian privy councilor of German Baltic origin
DATE OF BIRTH	March 28, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH	Magnushof on the island of Worms
DATE OF DEATH	March 27, 1898
Place of death	Dorpat

[GHs-1] A ^b Oskar Stavenhagen (Berab.): Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods , part 3.1: Kurland , Görlitz 1939, p. 194 .; Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (edit.): Genealogical manual of the Baltic knighthoods part 2, 1.2: Estland , Görlitz 1930, pp. 326–327 and p. 329.