The Sievers family is a noble Baltic German family that owned a number of estates in the present-day

Baltic States The Baltic states, et, Balti riigid or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term, which currently is used to group three countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. All three countries are members of NATO, the European Union, the Eurozone, ...

, including the Wenden Castle. It hails from the Duchy of Holstein. * Karl von Sievers (1710–74) owed his rise to a brief liaison with Tsarina Elisabeth. He was made a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1760. * His daughter

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(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 and Volkhov rivers. Her second husband was Prince

Nikolai Putyatin Prince Nikolai Abramovich Putyatin (russian: Николай Абрамович Путятин), also romanized Putiatin, Puttiatin or Poutiatine (16 May 1749 – 13 January 1830) was a philanthropist, philosopher, and eccentric personality from ...

. She also had a natural daughter who married historian

Nikolai Karamzin Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin (russian: Николай Михайлович Карамзин, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kərɐmˈzʲin; ) was a Russian Imperial historian, romantic writer, poet and critic. He is best remembered for ...

. * Jacob's nephews Karl, Johann and Jacob were all generals prominent in the Russian service during the Napoleonic Wars. *Count

Emanuel von Sievers Count Emanuel von Sievers (russian: Эммануил Карлович Сиверс, Emmanuil Karlovich Sivers; 1817–1909) was a Baltic German aristocrat who was a senator of the Russian Empire and grand master of the imperial court. Biography ...

(1817-1909) a senator of the Russian Empire and grand master of the imperial court.

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* http://www.sivers-familienverband.de/ * Baltic-German people Baltic nobility Russian noble families Danish noble families Latvian nobility Latvian noble families {{Germany-noble-stub it:Sievers (cognome)