Karl Gustav von Löwenwolde
- Karl Gustav von Löwenwolde
Count Karl Gustav von Löwenwolde (17th century - April 30 1735 Räpina) ( _pl. Karl Gustaw von Loewenwolde, _ru. Левенвольде, Карл Густав, _lv. Karl Gustav Lehvenvold) was a Russian diplomat and military commander.
Native of German speaking population of Livonia. Son of General Gerhard Johann von Löwenwolde and Magdalene Elisabeth von Löwen and brother to knight of the Order of St. Andrew and Order of the Black Eagle Gustav Reinhold von Löwenwolde and Reichsgraf Friedrich Casimir von Löwenwolde.
He started his career at the court of Peter I of Russia and became one of the most important people at the court of Anna of Russia. He received the rank of general major in 1730 and become the first chief of the Izmaylovsky Regiment. Minister plenipotentiary to Austrian and Prussian courts in 1731; instrumental in the negotiations of the Löwenwolde's Treaty, which broke the possibility of Prussian-French alliance. Minister plenipotentiary in Poland (1733-1734). His last important mission were the negotiations between Russia and Austria in 1734 about alliance against the Ottoman Empire.
External links
* [http://mdz10.bib-bvb.de/~db/bsb00000600/images/index.html?seite=627 Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften Estland] - Genealogy Handbook of Baltic nobility
* [http://www.mois.ee/english/voru/rapina.shtml Family estate Räpina manor ("Rappin")] in Estonia
* [http://www.diklupils.lv/en/category/dikli_manor/313 Family estate: The Dikli Baronial estate ("Dickeln")] in Vidzeme, Latvia
* [http://www.rappin.ee/?a=page&page=442babd715d06138c4514 History of the Räpina Paper Factory in Estonia]
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