Friedrich von der Pahlen

Friedrich Alexander von der Pahlen ( Russian Фёдор Петрович Пален / Fyodor Petrovich Pahlen * 2 September 1780 in Mitau , † January 8 ^{. Jul} / 20th January  1863 ^greg. In Saint Petersburg ) (Baron, 1798 Graf) was a Russian Diplomat, real Privy Councilor , member of the Imperial Russian State Council and Governor General of New Russia .

Life

Friedrich was a member of a Kurland line of the Counts von der Pahlen . His parents were the Russian Foreign Minister and Tsarist assassin Peter von der Pahlen (1745-1826) and Juliane, born op dem Hamme called Schoeppingk (1750-1814). The Russian generals of the cavalry Peter von der Pahlen (1777–1864) and Paul von der Pahlen (1775–1834) were his brothers.

First he was employed in the Russian diplomatic service in Sweden , France and Great Britain .

In 1809 he became Russian Ambassador to the United States in Washington, DC , from 1811 to Brazil in Rio de Janeiro , and then from 1815 to 1822 to Bavaria in Munich . He later became Governor General of New Russia and " Namestnik " of Bessarabia , where he succeeded Mikhail Semjonowitsch Vorontsov in office. He was also a member of the Imperial Russian State Council. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 he served as governor of the Danube principalities , which were administered by Russia as a reparation payment for the Ottoman Empire . His official title was that of "President of the Divan in Moldova and Wallachia " - in this position he was replaced on February 2, 1829 by Peter Zheltukhin .

Friedrich von Pahlen became known in Jewish history because he opened the first secular Jewish school in Odessa .

His marriage to Vera Tschernyshev (1808–1880) in 1830 resulted in five children. His youngest daughter Natalie (1842–1920), maid of honor of the Empress Maria Fjodorovna (1847–1928), was married to the Livonian Land Marshal Prince Paul von Lieven (1821–1881).

See also

• List of Russian envoys in Bavaria

literature

• Constantin C. Giurescu : Istoria Bucureştilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre , Ed. Pentru Literatură, Bucharest , 1966.
• Oskar Stavenhagen (edit.): Genealogical Handbook of the Courland Knights , Volume 1, Görlitz 1939, p. 601 and p. 606.

Web links

• Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Friedrich von der Pahlen. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
• Erik Amburger database at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
• Russian biography
• Genealogy of the Pahlen family (Russian) ( Memento from April 2, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
• The Pahlens on Wikiznanie (Russian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the baptismal register of the municipality of St. Trinitatis zu Mitau (Latvian: Jelgavas sv. Trīsvienības vācu pilsētas)
2. ^ Constantin C. Giurescu , Istoria Bucureştilor. Din cele mai vechi timpuri pînă în zilele noastre , Ed. Pentru Literatură, Bucharest , 1966, p. 122.
3. ↑ Source: Archive link ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.