Vladimir Fyodorovich Adlerberg

Vladimir Fyodorovich Adlerberg
Born	1791
Died	1884
Allegiance	Russia
Service/branch	Infantry
Rank	General of the infantry Adjutant general
Battles/wars	French invasion of Russia War of the Sixth Coalition Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)

Coat of arms of the count's family, Adlerberg

Count Vladimir Fyodorovich Adlerberg I (born Eduard Ferdinand Woldemar von Adlerberg (Russian: Граф Владимир Фёдорович Адлерберг 1-й) 21 November 1791 – 29 March 1884) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army and a Russian government minister. The son of a Swedish colonel of the Swedish noble family Adlerberg which traces its lineage back to the archbishop of Uppsala, Olov Svebilius whose children were ennobled Adlerberg.

Life[]

Sources are unclear whether he was born in Vyborg or Saint Petersburg, but it is certain that he entered the military in 1811 as an officer in the Lithuanian Guard Infantry Regiment, with which he campaigned in 1812 and 1814. In 1817 he became adjutant and confidant to Grand Duke Nicholas, who he supported during the Decembrist uprising on 14 December 1825 and on whose staff he served as a major general during the Russo-Turkish War of 1828.

He became a lieutenant general in 1833 and between 1842 and 1852 served as Director General of the Post Office. In 1843 he was promoted to General of the Infantry, then four years later he was made a count, finally becoming a minister and chancellor of the orders in 1852. He fully backed Nicholas' authoritarian policies and acted as a personal servant to the tsar, used for several secret missions and duties. He retained some influence under Alexander II of Russia but did not support his liberal reforms.

In 1870, aged 79, he retired from public office, succeeded as minister by his eldest son Alexander, count Adlerberg II. (* 1819), General of the Infantry and Adjutant General, who during the last Russo-Turkish War was appointed to the general staff by Alexander III of Russia but removed from that role immediately after becoming a minister. Wladimir's second son, Count Nikolay Adlerberg, was another General of the Infantry and Adjutant General, who also acted as governor-general of Finland and wrote the 1853 book "From Rome to Jerusalem".

He was awarded Order of Prince Danilo I and a number of other decorations.^[1]

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External links[]

• (in German) Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften, Estland, Görlitz 1930
• (in German) Stammtafel-Übersicht der von Adlerberg in Estland
• (in German) GSE: 001573
• (in German) BBLD - Baltisches biografisches Lexikon digital