Osten-Sacken
(von der) Osten-Sacken is a noble family of Baltic Germans.
The family members bear the titles of Baron, Graf and Knyaz. The origins of the family are traced to 15th century. In 16th and 17th centuries the family members held higher positions in Courland. Many of them entered the service of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sweden, the Dutch Republic, and, since the second half of the 18th century, the Russian Empire. [1]
The surname may refer to:
- Carl Robert Osten-Sacken (1828–1906) Russian diplomat and entomologist
- Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken (1752–1837), Russian field marshal
- Dmitri Osten-Sacken (1789–1881), Russian general
- Igor and Grichka Osten-Sacken-Bogdanoff (born 1949), French television producers and scientific essayists
References
- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
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