Karl von Lieven

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Portrait Carl Christoph von Lieven (1844)

Prince Carl Christoph von Lieven ( Russian Карл Андреевич Ливен ; born January 21, jul. / 1. February  1767 greg. In Kiev , † December 19 jul. / 31 December  1844 greg. In Balgalln, Kurland ) was a Russian general and Minister of Education.

Life

family

Carl Christoph was a member of the Baltic noble family von Lieven and son of the Russian major general Baron Otto Heinrich Andreas von Lieven (1726–1781) and the registrar and chief stewardess at the Russian imperial court Princess Charlotte Margarete von Lieven , nee Freiin Gaugreben (1742–1828).

His first marriage was in 1797 in Senten with Wilhelmine von der Osten called Sacken (1778-1818) and, as a widower, he entered into a second marriage in 1821 with Countess Catharina Rehbinder († 1821).

The first marriage resulted in six children:

  1. Prince Otto Andreas von Lieven (1798–1856), Russian major general, ⚭ Senten 1843 Charlotte von Lieven (1827–1905)
  2. Prince Carl Heinrich von Lieven (1799–1881), ⚭ Dorpat 1823 Elise von Liphart (1803–1881)
  3. Prince Alexander Friedrich von Lieven (1801–1880), Russian general and senator, ⚭ Simferopol 1838 Catharine Pankratjewa (1818–1867), maid of honor
  4. Count Eduard von Lieven (1802-1807)
  5. Prince Theodor Christoph von Lieven (1803–1866), ⚭ Senten 1847 Sophie von Lieven (1830–1893)
  6. Countess Charlotte Christine Wilhelmine von Lieven (1804–1866), ⚭ 1823 Baron Wilhelm von Derschau (1791–1879)

career

Lieven joined the army at a very young age and became Potemkin's personal aide in 1789 . He was promoted to colonel and commander of the Tula Infantry Regiment in 1791 , rose to major general in 1797 and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1799 , while at the same time taking over the Preobrazhensk body guard regiment as its commander.

In 1799 Lieven was honored with the Order of St. Anne, First Class, in addition to this and other highest Russian orders, he also received the Order of St. George, First Class. Lieven was War Governor of Arkhangelsk from 1799 to 1801, but then took his leave and remained out of service until 1817 . During this time he devoted himself to agriculture and social life, lived in Courland, later in St. Petersburg .

From 1817 to 1828 Lieven was curator of the Dorpater teaching district. Although his previous tasks were relatively unrelated to the topic, he made significant progress at the University of Dorpat during this time . So he acquired several natural history collections, organized expeditions or recruited important scientists. The medical, pedagogical and philological faculties and the seminary were opened at his instigation and support. The number of students increased noticeably during his activity.

From 1819 to 1821 he was President of the Evangelical Lutheran General Consistory .

In 1826 Lieven was appointed a member of the State Council and the Supreme Criminal Court; the latter was related to the Decembrist trials . Also in 1826 Lieven was elected honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences . In the following year he received the titular rank of general of the infantry . He finished his career as the Russian Minister of Education from 1828 to 1833.

He was a pietist and as such an initiator of the Evangelical Bible Society, a group of the Russian Bible Society.

He spent his old age on his Balgalln estate in Courland.

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personal data
SURNAME Lieven, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lieven, Carl Christoph von; Lieven, Karl Alexejewitsch; Ливен, Карл Андреевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian general and minister of education
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiev
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1844
Place of death Balgalln, Courland