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The Sievers family is a noble Baltic German family that owned a number of estates in the present-day Baltic States, including the Wenden Castle. It hails from the Duchy of Holstein. * Peter von Sievers (1674-1740) chaired the Russian Admiralty Board in 1728-32. * Karl von Sievers (1710–74) owed his rise to a brief liaison with Tsarina Elisabeth. He was made a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1760. * His daughter Elisabeth (1746-1818) captivated Giacomo Casanova but married her cousin Jacob Sievers who administered the north-west of modern-day Russia and built the Sievers Canal connecting the Msta and Volkhov rivers. Her second husband was Prince Nikolai Putyatin. She also had a natural daughter who married historian Nikolai Karamzin. * Jacob's nephews Karl, Johann and Jacob were all generals prominent in the Russian service during the Napoleonic Wars. * Thadeus von Sievers (1853-1915) was one of the Russian commanders during the Great War. == External links == * http://www.sivers-familienverband.de/ * it:Sievers (cognome) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sievers family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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