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Sievers Family
The Sievers family is a noble Baltic German family that owned a number of estates in the present-day Baltic States, including the Wenden Castle. It hails from the Duchy of Holstein. * Karl von Sievers (1710–74) owed his rise to a brief liaison with Elizabeth of Russia, Tsarina Elisabeth. He was made a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1760. * His daughter Elisabeth Sievers, Elisabeth (1746-1818) captivated Giacomo Casanova but married her cousin Jacob Sievers who administered the north-west of modern-day Russia and built the Sievers Canal connecting the Msta River, Msta and Volkhov River, Volkhov rivers. Her second husband was Prince Nikolai Putyatin. She also had a natural daughter who married historian Nikolai Karamzin. * Jacob's nephews Karl Karlovich Sievers, Karl, Johann von Sievers, Johann and Jacob were all generals prominent in the Russian service during the Napoleonic Wars. *Count Emanuel von Sievers (1817-1909) a senator of the Russian Empire and grand master of the im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Von Sievers Graf
The term ''von'' () is used in German language surnames either as a nobiliary particle indicating a noble patrilineality, or as a simple Preposition and postposition, preposition used by commoners that means ''of'' or ''from''. Nobility directories like the ''Almanach de Gotha'' often abbreviate the noble term ''von'' to ''v.'' In medieval or early modern names, the ''von'' particle was at times added to commoners' names; thus, ''Hans von Duisburg'' meant "Hans from [the city of] Duisburg". This meaning is preserved in Swiss toponymic surnames and in the Dutch language, Dutch or Afrikaans ''Van (Dutch), van'', which is a cognate of ''von'' but does not indicate nobility. Usage Germany and Austria The abolition of the Monarchy, monarchies in Germany and Austria in 1919 meant that neither state has a privileged nobility, and both have exclusively republican governments. In Germany, this means that legally ''von'' simply became an ordinary part of the surnames of the people w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
