Keyserling , in the modern transcription Kaiserling ( German: Keyserlingk , Polish. Kajzerling ) is a count and baronial clan of the Courland nobility , included in the noble matrices of the Baltic provinces.
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| Coat of arms description: according to Dolgorukov In a silver field on a green hill, a green palm tree. On the coat of arms is a noble helmet and a crown, from which three palm branches come out. Bast silver silver green. | |
| Title | counts, barons |
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 Courland and Semigalia | |
 Kingdom of Prussia | |
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| Estates | Okten, Tels-Paddern, Raikül |
Comes from Westphalia , moved to Courland in the second half of the 15th century. Of the descendants of Hermann von Keyserling (d. 1618), three branches received the count title in Prussia in the 18th century, while German-Karl Keyserling acquired the count dignity in 1741 from the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
At the end of the 19th century, the Keyserlings represented that part of the Ostseen nobility that most actively opposed the Russification of the Baltic states and spoke out for strengthening the ties of the Baltic Germans with Germany .
Key Representatives
- Dietrich von Keyserling (1698-1745), colonel of Prussian service, close friend of Frederick the Great , who dedicated several poems to his memory (under the name of Caesarion). Wife - the famous beauty Eleanor von Schlieben (1720-1755).
- Gebhard Johann von Keyserling (1699-1761), cousin of the previous one, owner of the Rautenburg estate in East Prussia, where Immanuel Kant lived as a teacher for his children.
- Dietrich von Keyserling (1713-1793), Chancellor of the Duchy of Courland, cousin of the previous ones.
- Count (from 1741) Herman Karl von Keyserling (1697-1764) - his brother, a Courland diplomat in the Russian service, envoy in Vienna and Dresden, president of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences .
- Count Heinrich Christian von Keyserling (1727-1787) - son of the previous one, diplomat in the Russian service; his wife Carolina (1727-1791) kept a literary salon in Königsberg.
- Count Alexander von Keyserling (1815-1891) - an outstanding natural scientist of his time, great-great-grandson of the previous one, great-grandson of Gebhard Johann, son-in-law of Count E.F.
- Count Heinrich von Keyserling (1831–1874), the nephew of the previous one, was a Prussian envoy to Turkey . Married to the daughter of Count I. R. Anrep-Elmpt .Raikül , Estonian manor of Count Alexander KeyserlingArnold Keyserling in 2005
- Alexander’s other nephew, Count Eduard von Keyserling (1855–1918), was a prominent Ostsee novelist and novelist, popular throughout the German-speaking world.
- Count Archibald Keyserling (1882-1951), the nephew of the previous one, with the rank of admiral, was the first commander of the Navy of the Republic of Latvia (1924-1931).
- Count German Alexander von Keyserling (1880-1946) - German philosopher and writer, second cousin of the previous one, grandson of Count Alexander; Married to granddaughter of Otto von Bismarck .
- Count Arnold von Keyserling (1922-2005), son of the previous one, is also known as a thinker.
- Count Heinrich von Keyserling (1831–1874), the nephew of the previous one, was a Prussian envoy to Turkey . Married to the daughter of Count I. R. Anrep-Elmpt .
- Count Alexander von Keyserling (1815-1891) - an outstanding natural scientist of his time, great-great-grandson of the previous one, great-grandson of Gebhard Johann, son-in-law of Count E.F.
- Count Heinrich Christian von Keyserling (1727-1787) - son of the previous one, diplomat in the Russian service; his wife Carolina (1727-1791) kept a literary salon in Königsberg.
All of the individuals listed above are descended from Herman Ernst von Keyserling (1625–1680). Of the offspring of his uncle Johann von Keyserling (d. 1680), the following are most noteworthy:
- Georg-Johann Keyserling (died 1711), the grandson of Johann, being the Prussian envoy to the court of Peter the Great , married his former mistress Anna Mons .
- Johann-Heinrich Keyserling (died in 1734), the brother of the previous one, at the post of Chancellor of Courland, patronized the rise of Biron .
- Herman-Christoph Keyserling (died in 1755), a cousin of the previous ones, moved to live in Prussia.
- Hermann Keyserling (1773-1858), the grandson of the previous one, taught philosophy at the University of Berlin .
Literature
- Keyserling, genus // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Dolgorukov P.V. Russian genealogy book . - SPb. : Type. E. Weimar, 1856. - T. 3. - S. 143.
- Keyserlings // Germans of Russia (Encyclopedia) / Chairman ed. Collegium V. Karev. - M: Publishing House "Public Academy of Sciences of Russian Germans", 2004. - T. 2: K — O. - S. 052. - ISBN 5-93227-002-0 .
- Gajl T. Polish Armorial Middle Ages to 20th Century . - Gdańsk: L&L, 2007 .-- ISBN 978-83-60597-10-1 . (polish)