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

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, Estonian, Russian, Lithuanian,

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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

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. 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 barony to five brothers of the family and all their descendants. In 1799, Emperor Paul I of Russia 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 as ...

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 Paul I of Russia ** Count Peter Johann Christoph von der Pahlen (Pyotr Petrovich; 1778–1864), Russian General of Cavalry, hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 and the campaign against the November Uprising 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 Danubian Principalities; son of Pyotr Alexeyevich ** Count Paul Karl Ernst Wilhelm Philipp von der Pahlen (Pavel Petrovich, 1775–1834), Russian General of Cavalry, hero of the Patriotic War of 1812; son of Paul Ludwig * Baron Hans von der Palen (1740-1817), colonel, Russian statesman; brother of Pyotr Alexeyvich ** Baron Carl Magnus von der Palen (Matvey Ivanovich, 1776–1863),

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of Cavalry, hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 * Baron Arend Dietrich von der Pahlen (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

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, Pskov 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 Lieutenant-General, 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 (4 July 1882 – 18 July 1952), astronomer with a

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named after him

References

External links

Pahlens

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