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Zentene Palace
Zentene Palace (german: Senten) is a manor house in the historical region of Courland, in western Latvia. History Originally the courtyard buildings consisted of a stable, a servant's house and a barn. The manor house was built in Late Classical architecture, Classicism style for prince Liven, based on the Berlin architectural school between 1845 and 1850. The former owners of the Zentene estate were Philipp von der Brüggen around 1540, Prince von der Saken in 1818 and the Lieven, Lieven family from then on. In the 1920s the building went into public ownership, and from 1938 it housed the Zentene School. See also *List of palaces and manor houses in Latvia References Palaces in Latvia Tukums Municipality {{Latvia-castle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieven
The House of Lieven ( lv, Līveni; russian: Ливен) is one of the oldest aristocratic families of Baltic Germans. History The family claims descent from Caupo of Turaida (Latvian, ''Kaupo''), the Livonian ''quasi rex'' who converted to Christianity in 1186, when Bishop Meinhard attempted to Christianize the region. The ''Livonian Chronicle of Henry'' tells that in the winter 1203–1204 Caupo went to Rome with Theoderich von Treyden, a Cistercian Monk who was later to become the founder of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and the first bishop of Estonia. They were received in Rome by Pope Innocent III who supported their plans to Christianize Livonia. According to feudal records, the Lieven ancestor Gerardus Līvo (1269) and his son Johannes (1296) entered service as vassals to the Archbishop of Rīga. One of Caupo's daughters married an ancestor of the barons, later Counts, of Ungern-Sternberg. Caupo's grandson Nicholas was the first to spell his name Lieven. Notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
