- Pahlen
von der Pahlen ( _ru. Пален) is a noble
Russia n,Lithuania n and Swedish family ofBaltic German origin. The family probably originated fromPomerania but in the beginning of 15th century moved toLivonia . First historical account of this family dates to 1120 when Johannes de Pala was governor or Riga.On
18 September 1679 Charles XI of Sweden gave thebaron ial rank to five brothers of the family and all their descendants. In1799 Paul I of Russia gavePetr Alekseevich Pahlen and all his descendants thecount rank. By the decision of Russian Government of1755 and1865 most of the other members of Pahlen got the baronial rank of the Russian empire.Among the notable members of the family:
*CountPetr Alekseevich Pahlen (Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen) (1745 -1826 - Russian courtier, organizer of the assassination ofPaul I of Russia ;
*CountPavel Petrovich Pahlen (Paul Carl Ernst Wilhelm Philipp von der Pahlen; Pahlen the 2nd1775 -1834 ), Russian General of Cavalry, hero of theWar of 1812 ; son of Petr Alekseevich;
*CountPetr Petrovich Pahlen (Pahlen the 1st;1778 -1864 ); Russian General of Cavalry, hero of theWar of 1812 ,Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 and the campaign against theNovember Uprising inPoland , son of Petr Alekseevich;
*CountFyodor Petrovich Pahlen (1780-1863), Russian diplomat, Governor-General ofNovorossiya , and Plenipotentiary President of the Divans in theDanubian Principalities , son of Petr Alekseevich;*Baron
Matvey Ivanovich Pahlen (Pahlen the 3d,1776 -1863 )Major-General of Cavalry, hero of theWar of 1812 ;
*BaronDmitry Petrovich Pahlen (Ditrich Von der Pahlen), Russian military officer, friend ofMikhail Lermontov [http://feb-web.ru/feb/lermenc/Lre-abc/lre/lre-3623.htm]*Count
Konstantin Ivanovich Pahlen (1833—1912), Russian General and Statesman, hero ofSiege of Sevastopol (1854-1855) ,Pskov governor, Russian minister for justice (1867-1878), grandson of Petr Alekseevich;
*CountAlexey Petrovich Pahlen (1874-1938) [http://www.hronos.km.ru/biograf/bio_p/palen_ap.html] RussianLieutenant-General ,White movement officer underNikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich
* Emanuel A. von der Pahlen (4 Jul 1882 - 18 Jul 1952) Astronomer with a lunar crater named after him.References
* [http://www.sati.archaeology.nsc.ru/encyc_top/encyc15/term.html?act=list&term=200 Barons Von der Pahlen] ru icon
* [http://www.rulex.ru/01160076.htm Pahlens] ru icon
* [http://www.vgd.ru/P/palen.htm#%CF%C0%CB%C5%CD Pahlens in the All-Russian Genealogical Tree] ru icon
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