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European noble family
Original arms of the family
Comital arms of the family
Count
Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen
The House of Pahlen (
German : von der Pahlen ; Russian: Пален , Palen ) is an old
German , Estonian,
Russian ,
Lithuanian ,
Swedish and
Baltic German
noble family of
Pomeranian origin.
History
The family probably originated from
Pomerania , but in the beginning of the 15th century moved to
Livonia . The first historical account of this family dates to 1290, when Johannes de Pala was
Vogt at
Turaida .
On 18 September 1679,
Charles XI of Sweden 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 and all of his descendants the rank of
count .
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
Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen (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
Novorossiya , 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
Arend Dietrich von der Pahlen (1738-1778), Russian military officer, friend of
Mikhail Lermontov
[1] [
contradictory ]
Count
Magnus Konstantin Ferdinand von der Pahlen (Konstantin Ivanovich; 1833–1912), Russian statesman, hero of the
Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) ,
Pskov governor, Russian minister for justice (1867–1878); grandson of Pyotr Alexeyevich
Count
Alexis Friedrich Leonid von der Pahlen (Aleksei Petrovich; 1874–1938),
[2] Russian
Lieutenant-General ,
White movement officer under
Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich
Emanuel von der Pahlen (4 July 1882 – 18 July 1952), astronomer with a
lunar crater named after him
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Princely
Ducal
Marquisal
Comital
Baronial Families that have been included in Kalender öfver i Sverige lefvande ointroducerad adel (1886–1899), Sveriges ointroducerade adels kalender (1912–1944) and/or Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening (1935–)
International National People