Vladimir Fyodorowitsch Adlerberg
Count Vladimir Fedorovich Eagle Mountain (originally: Eduard Ferdinand Woldemar Eagle Mountain; Russian Владимир Фёдорович Адлерберг ; born November 10, jul. / 21st November 1791 greg. In Vyborg , † March 8 jul. / 20th March 1884 greg. In St. Petersburg ) was a general of the infantry of the Russian army and Russian minister .
Life
family
He was born the son of Colonel Friedrich von Adlerberg (1738–1894) and Juliana von Adlerberg (1760–1839). His originally Swedish family was raised to the nobility in 1684 under the name Adlerberg . The marriage with Marie Nelidow (1797–1870) resulted in six children, the sons Alexander (1818–1888) and Nikolaus (1819–1892) also became generals of the infantry, Vasily (1827–1907) major general.
The lady-in-waiting and governess Juliane Sophie von Baranoff was his younger sister.
Career
In 1811 he joined the Lithuanian Guard Infantry Regiment as an officer and took part in the campaigns in 1812 and 1814. In 1817 he became adjutant and confidante of Grand Duke Nicholas , whom he assisted during the Decembrist uprising on December 14, 1825 and in whose wake he took part in the Turkish campaign as major general in 1828 .
In 1833 he became lieutenant general and between 1842 and 1857 director general of the postal system. As such, he introduced the first Russian postage stamps . In 1843 he was promoted to General of the Infantry, in 1847 he was raised to the rank of count and in 1852 Minister of the Imperial House and Order Chancellor. He was a member of the Imperial Council and an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences .
He had fully identified with his master's autocratic principles. Less a tool of his political plans, Adlerberg was rather a personal servant of the emperor and was preferably used in important private affairs. Eventually he also became his executor. Even under Tsar Alexander II, he retained his not insignificant personal influence, although he by no means promoted the liberal reforms of the new emperor. In 1870 he said goodbye because of his old age , after he had resigned from the post as early as 1857.
Adlerberg was knight of the Order of St. Vladimir 1st Class (1846), the Order of St. Andrew (1849), the Order of the Black Eagle (1851) and commander of the Order of the Swords .
literature
- Genealogical Handbook of the Baltic Knighthoods (New Series) , Volume 3, Hamburg 2013, pp. 15–16; 30 -37.
- Magnus Otto von Stackelberg (Ed.): Genealogi manual of the Estonian knights , Volume 3, Görlitz [1930], p 322 -323.
Web links
- Family table overview of the von Adlerberg in Estonia
- Article Wladimir Fjodorowitsch Adlerberg in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Wladimir Fjodorowitsch Adlerberg. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Entry in the Erik Amburger database at the Institute for East and Southeast European Studies
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adlerberg, Vladimir Fyodorowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adlerberg, Eduard Ferdinand Woldemar; Adlerberg, Wladimir Feodorowitsch; Адлерберг, Владимир Фёдорович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian general and minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1791 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiborg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1884 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |