Peter von Sivers
Peter von Si (e) vers (* 1674 in Stade ; † 1740 ), Russian naval officer and admiral of Danish (originally Holstein ) descent.
Initially in Danish services it was founded in 1704 as a captain in the nascent under construction Russian fleet Tsar Peter I accepted. Dismissed as an admiral in 1732, he retired to the Ekekäll estate near Hiitola ( Russian: Chijtola) in Karelia , which had been given to him . He was accepted into the Estonian knighthood in 1716 and thus founded the noble Sivers family.
literature
- Berch: Biographies of the first Russian admirals (Russian)
- Astaf von Transehe-Roseneck : Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods , Part 1,1: Livonia , Bd.:1, Görlitz, 1929, p.288
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sivers, Peter von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sievers, Peter von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian naval officer and admiral of Danish (originally Holstein) descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1674 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stade |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1740 |