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Ungern
The Ungern-Sternberg family or von Ungern-Sternberg is an old and influential Baltic-German nobility, with branches belonging to the German, Finnish, Swedish and Russian nobility. Notable members * Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg (1689–1763), lantmarskalk at the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates (1742, 1746) * Anna Dorothea von Ungern-Sternberg (1769–1846), wife of Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky * Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg (1806–1869), Baltic German novelist, poet and painter * Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (1886–1921), Russian general, White Movement warlord * Erich von Ungern-Sternberg (1910–1989), Finnish architect * Otto Reinhold Ludwig von Ungern-Sternberg * , German Diplomat, former ambassador to Iran and Indonesia * Maria Stella von Ungern-Sternberg, recognized by an ecclesiastical court a Princess of the Royal House of Orléans Patron of the University of Latvia Jürgen von Ungern-Sternberg is a silver patron of the University of Latvia Foundat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Von Ungern-Sternberg
Nikolai Robert Maximilian Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg (; 10 January 1886 – 15 September 1921), often referred to as Roman von Ungern-Sternberg or Baron Ungern, was an anti-communist general in the Russian Civil War and then an independent warlord who intervened in Mongolia against China. A part of the Russian Empire's Baltic German minority, Ungern was an ultraconservative monarchist who aspired to restore the Russian monarchy after the 1917 Russian Revolutions and to revive the Mongol Empire under the rule of the Bogd Khan. His attraction to Vajrayana Buddhism and his eccentric, often violent, treatment of enemies and his own men earned him the sobriquet "the Mad Baron" or "the Bloody Baron". He was viewed by his Mongolian subjects during his rule as the "God of War". In February 1921, at the head of the Asiatic Cavalry Division, Ungern expelled Chinese troops from Mongolia and restored the monarchic power of the Bogd Khan. During his five-month occupation of Outer M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mattias Alexander Von Ungern-Sternberg
Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg (3 March 1689 – 13 January 1763) was as Swedish military officer and politician. In his youth he fought in the War of the Spanish Succession and the Great Northern War. During the Age of Liberty, he was politically engaged in the Caps (party), Caps party and was elected Lord Marshal (Sweden), Lord Marshal of the parliament, the Riksdag of the Estates, in 1742 and again in 1746. As a politician he was moderate and willing to compromise. His political activities benefitted his military career and he was promoted to List of Swedish field marshals, field marshal in 1753. In 1757, he briefly commanded Swedish troops during the Pomeranian War but was quickly relieved of command following a lacklustre performance and retired to his family estate, , where he died in 1763. Biography Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg was born in Stockholm on 3 March 1689. The family had come to Sweden from Livonia and traced their origins to Bohemia. His father wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
