The House of Pahlen (; , Palen) is an old

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, Estonian,

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and

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n origin.

History

The family probably originated from

, but in the beginning of the 15th century moved to

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. 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,

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granted a

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y to five brothers of the family and all their descendants. In 1799, Emperor

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gave

Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen Peter Ludwig Graf von der Pahlen (; , Palmse, Governorate of Estonia – , Mitau, Courland Governorate (now Jelgava, Latvia)) was a Russian courtier and general of Baltic German stock, who played a pivotal role in the assassination of Emperor ...

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

** Count Peter Johann Christoph von der Pahlen (Pyotr Petrovich; 1778–1864), Russian General of Cavalry, hero of the

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, Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 and the campaign against the

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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

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; son of Pyotr Alexeyevich ** Count Paul Karl Ernst Wilhelm Philipp von der Pahlen (Pavel Petrovich, 1775–1834), Russian General of Cavalry, hero of the

; son of Paul Ludwig * Baron Hans von der Palen (1740-1817), colonel, Russian statesman; brother of Pyotr Alexeyvich ** Baron

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(Matvey Ivanovich, 1776–1863), Major-General of Cavalry, hero of the

* Baron

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(1738-1778), Russian military officer, friend of

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov ( , ; rus, Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, , mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjʉrʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲerməntəf, links=yes; – ) was a Russian Romanticism, Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called ...

* Count Magnus Konstantin Ferdinand von der Pahlen (Konstantin Ivanovich; 1833–1912), Russian statesman, hero of the

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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

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* Count Alexis Friedrich Leonid von der Pahlen (Aleksei Petrovich; 1874–1938),Hronos.km.ru
Russian

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officer under

Nikolai Nikolaevich Yudenich Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich (Russian: Николай Николаевич Юденич; – 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 northwester ...

* Emanuel von der Pahlen (4 July 1882 – 18 July 1952), astronomer with a

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named after him

References

External links

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