Paul Alexander von Krüdener

Paul von Krüdener with his mother Juliane von Krüdener, painted by Angelika Kauffmann in 1786

Amalie Stargard in 1827 as wife of the Russian attaché in Munich, Paul Alexander von Krüdener.

Paul Alexander von Krüdener ( Russian Павел Алексеевич Криденер ; born January 31, 1784 in Saint Petersburg ; † January 29, ^July / February 10, 1858 ^greg. In Bern ) was a Russian diplomat with the rank of ambassador .

Life

Krüdener was a member of the German-Baltic noble family von Krüdener and the son of Juliane and Burckhard Alexius Constantin von Krüdener and was baptized after the Grand Duke Paul in the name of Pawel Alexejewitsch Kridener . Catherine II of Russia sent von Krüdener's father as ambassador to the Republic of Venice . Von Krüdener grew up in Venice from 1784 to 1786 , in Munich from 1786 to 1787 , in Copenhagen from 1787 to 1794 and in Madrid from 1794 to 1800 .

In 1802 von Krüdener became secretary of the Russian envoy Count Maximilian von Alopaeus at the court of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia .

In 1811 von Krüdener was arrested in Strasbourg . From 1817 he was the Imperial Russian Chargé d' affaires at the Swiss Confederation in Bern and invited his mother over.

From 1822 to 1826 Krüdener was an attaché at the Russian legation in Munich, when Fyodor Ivanovich Tjuttschew was also accredited there. The two diplomats avoided a duel in connection with Amalie Stargard .

On August 31, 1825, von Krüdener married Amalie Stargard in Köfering . They had a son.

Tsar Alexander I died on November 19, 1825 and his successor Nicholas I sent von Krüdener from 1827 to 1837 as an ambassador to John Quincy Adams in the USA.

Web links

Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Paul Alexander von Krüdener. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Baur: Krüdener, Juliane von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 196-212. "After her appearances and sermons aroused public displeasure, she was expelled, albeit in the mildest form, by the police."
^ Francis Ley: La Russie, Paul de Krüdener et les soulèvements nationaux 1814-1858. D'après de nombreux documents inédits (Recherches historiques et littéraires). Hachette, Paris 1971.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ioannis Kapodistrias	Russian Chargé d'Affaires in Bern 1816–1826	Dimitri Petrovich Severin
Diederik Jacob van Tuyll van Serooskerken	Russian Ambassador to Washington, DC 1827–1837	Alexander Andreevich Bodisko
Dimitri Petrovich Severin	Russian envoy in Bern 1837–1858	Nicholas of Nicolay

personal data
SURNAME	Krüdener, Paul Alexander von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Криденер, Павел Алексеевич (Russian); Kridener, Pawel Alexejewitsch (Russian, transcribed); Krüdener, Alexander Baron von; Krüdener, Alexander Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian ambassador
DATE OF BIRTH	January 31, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH	February 10, 1858
Place of death	Bern

[1] Wilhelm Baur: Krüdener, Juliane von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, pp. 196-212. "After her appearances and sermons aroused public displeasure, she was expelled, albeit in the mildest form, by the police."

[2] Francis Ley: La Russie, Paul de Krüdener et les soulèvements nationaux 1814-1858. D'après de nombreux documents inédits (Recherches historiques et littéraires). Hachette, Paris 1971.