The House of Pahlen (german: von der Pahlen; russian: link=no, Пален, Palen) is a

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, Estonian, Russian,

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and

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noble family of

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n origin.

History

The family probably originated from

, but in the beginning of the 15th century moved to

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

. The first historical account of this family dates to 1290, when Johannes de Pala was ''

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'' at

Turaida Turaida () is a part of Sigulda in the Vidzeme Region of Latvia. Its most famous site is the Brick Gothic Turaida Castle. In 1212, a peace treaty was signed in Turaida between the Estonian tribes and the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, the Arc ...

. On 18 September 1679,

Charles XI of Sweden Charles XI or Carl ( sv, Karl XI; ) was King of Sweden from 1660 until his death, in a period of Swedish history known as the Swedish Empire (1611–1721). He was the only son of King Charles X Gustav of Sweden and Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein- ...

granted a

baron Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...

y to five brothers of the family and all their descendants. In 1799, Emperor

Paul I of Russia Paul I (russian: Па́вел I Петро́вич ; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination. Officially, he was the only son of Peter III of Russia, Peter III and Catherine the Great, although Catherine hinted that he w ...

gave

Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen Peter Ludwig Graf von der Pahlen (russian: Пётр Алексе́евич Па́лен, translit= Pyotr Alekseyevich Palen; , Palms Manor, Palms (now ) – , Mitau (now )), a Baltic-German courtier and general, played a pivotal role in the a ...

and all of his descendants the rank of

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. By a decision of the Russian Empire in 1755 and 1865, most of the other members of the Pahlen family received the Russian baronial rank. Members of the branches with Russian baronial titles also live in Sweden, and they form part of the unintroduced nobility.

Notable family members

* Count

(Pyotr Alexeyevich, 1745–1826), Russian courtier, organizer of the assassination of

** Count Peter Johann Christoph von der Pahlen (Pyotr Petrovich; 1778–1864), Russian General of Cavalry, hero of the

Patriotic War of 1812 The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental block ...

, Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 and the campaign against the

November Uprising The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in W ...

in Poland; son of Peter Ludwig ** Count Friedrich Alexander von der Pahlen (Fyodor Petrovich; 1780–1863), Russian diplomat, Governor-General of

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, and Plenipotentiary President of the Divans in the

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; son of Pyotr Alexeyevich ** Count Paul Karl Ernst Wilhelm Philipp von der Pahlen (Pavel Petrovich, 1775–1834), Russian General of Cavalry, hero of the

; son of Paul Ludwig * Baron Hans von der Palen (1740-1817), colonel, Russian statesman; brother of Pyotr Alexeyvich ** Baron

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(Matvey Ivanovich, 1776–1863),

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of Cavalry, hero of the

* Baron

Arend Dietrich von der Pahlen Arend may refer to: * ''Arend'' (locomotive), one of the two first steam locomotives in the Netherlands *Arend, Iran, a village *Arendsee (lake) or Lake Arend, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany *50P/Arend or Comet Arend, a periodic comet *De Arend (disambigua ...

(1738-1778), Russian military officer, friend of

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

* Count Magnus Konstantin Ferdinand von der Pahlen (Konstantin Ivanovich; 1833–1912), Russian statesman, hero of the

Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) The siege of Sevastopol (at the time called in English the siege of Sebastopol) lasted from October 1854 until September 1855, during the Crimean War. The allies ( French, Sardinian, Ottoman, and British) landed at Eupatoria on 14 September ...

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governor, Russian minister for justice (1867–1878); grandson of Pyotr Alexeyevich **Count Konstantin Johann Georg von der Pahlen (Konstantin Konstantinovich; 1861–1923), statesman, Privy Councillor, senator, Governor of

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

* Count Alexis Friedrich Leonid von der Pahlen (Aleksei Petrovich; 1874–1938),Hronos.km.ru
Russian

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, White movement officer under

Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich ( – 5 October 1933) was a commander of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. He was a leader of the anti-communist White movement in Northwestern Russia during the Civil War. Biography Early life Yuden ...

Emanuel von der Pahlen Baron Emanuel A. von der Pahlen (4 July 1882–18 July 1952) was a German astronomer. He was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, but left for Germany following the revolution of 1917. He was educated at University of Göttingen, where he was awar ...

(4 July 1882 – 18 July 1952), astronomer with a

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named after him

References

External links

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