Carl Friedrich von Staal
Carl Friedrich von Staal (born November 13, 1721 in Haehl , † February 6, 1789 in Jerwakand ) was a Russian brigadier in the service of Catherine II and an Estonian landowner . For a short time he was a member of the Livonian government. He had a landscaped garden laid out on his family home .
Life
The von Staal family was of Swedish origin, he himself the son of Friedrich Johann von Staal (died 1767). Carl (also Karl ) was born in Haehl in the parish of Jörden (today the municipality of Kehtna ). Studying in Kiel was followed by a period in the French and then in the Russian military service, where he achieved the rank of major .
In 1765, Katharina II appointed von Staal to be the educator of the prince brothers Wilhelm August (1759–1774) and Peter Friedrich Ludwig, who were under her and Friedrich August von Holstein-Gottorf's tutelage . She promoted him to colonel . His task was to accompany the princes in the company of a small court of servants and tutors on a comprehensive educational trip from Eutin via Bern to Bologna , where the group arrived in 1769. From there he traveled to Saint Petersburg with his protégés .
In gratitude for the almost eight-year time, Staal was promoted to brigadier and given the estates of Könno and Kerkau near Pernau . From 1783 to 1784 he served on the Council of the Livonian Government in Riga .
From 1785 von Staal lived on his family seat Jerwakand , where he had a new manor house built and beautified his property by creating a landscape garden in contemporary modern English style. He acquired three other agricultural goods.
Von Staal did not see the completion of his garden. He died in 1789 and was buried in Jerwakand. (According to the Julian calendar in use in Estonia until 1918, his dates of life are: November 2, 1721 - January 26, 1789.)
literature
- Wolfgang Kehn: Christian Cay Lorenz Hirschfeld, 1742–1792, a biography. Werner, Worms 1992, ISBN 3-88462-095-9 ; therein pp. 18–19, pp. 118–119 (footnotes 48–59), p. 197 no. 6 and illustration part no. 6.
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Carl Friedrich von Staal. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Karl Friedrich von Staal in the Erik Amburger database at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Staal, Carl Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Staal, Karl Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian landowner and Russian officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haehl |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1789 |
| Place of death | Jerwakand |