Ungern-Sternberg
The Ungern-Sternberg family or von Ungern-Sternberg is an old and influential Baltic-German nobility, with branches belonging to the German, Finnish, Swedish and Russian nobility.
History
The house traces its origins to Hans Ungern, who in 1269 became a vassal of the Archdiocese of Riga. On 29 March 1277, we learn that Rudolf von Ungern-Sternberg took part in the defence of Tallinn within the ranks of the Lithuanian army against a Russian invasion. By virtue of this ancient valour, in 1653 the family was granted the baronial title by Queen Christina of Sweden.In 1874, one branch of the family received the comital title within the Russian Empire, altering their surname to Ungern-Šternbergov. The motto of the house is Звезда их не знает заката.
Notable members
- Mattias Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg, lantmarskalk at the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates
- Anna Dorothea von Ungern-Sternberg, wife of Aleksey Grigorievich Bobrinsky
- Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg, Baltic German novelist, poet and painter
- Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russian general, White Movement warlord
- Erich von Ungern-Sternberg, Finnish architect
- Otto Reinhold Ludwig von Ungern-Sternberg
- , German Diplomat, former ambassador to Iran and Indonesia
- Maria Stella von Ungern-Sternberg, recognized by an ecclesiastical court a Princess of the Royal House of Orléans