Peter Johann Christoph Graf von der Pahlen (; , Kauzmünde Manor, Kauzmünde (now ) - ,

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) was a

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aristocrat and a general of the

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Peter was born into the Baltic German noble

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. His family had a baronetcy until Emperor

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bestowed Peter's father,

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 ...

, with the title count for him and his sons. who was an organiser of the assassination of the tsar. Peter's brother was Russian diplomat Friedrich Alexander von der Pahlen. Joining the army at an early age, Palen in 1798 he was promoted to the rank of Colonel and in 1800 to Major General. Highly decorated for his command in the Polish campaign of the Napoleonic Wars (1806-1807), he retired from service in 1823. Recalled to the army in 1828 for the

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, he also was a high-ranking Russian commander during the subsequent

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, and notably the

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. Pahlen also served as

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to the Kingdom of France from March 11, 1835, to April 8, 1841.

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1778 births 1864 deaths Baltic-German people from the Russian Empire Imperial Russian Army generals Hussars Russian Imperial Hussars officers Russian people of the November Uprising House of Pahlen {{russia-mil-bio-stub Ethnic German people from the Russian Empire

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