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Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg

Baron Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg (22 April 1806 – 24 August 1869) also known as Alexander von Sternberg, was a Baltic German novelist, poet and painter who worked under the pseudonym Sylvan. He was born on 22 April 1806 in Gut Noistfer (Purdi), Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire, into the Ungern-Sternberg German-Hungarian-Swedish-Russian noble family and he was the author of historical and biographical novels, novellas and ironic tales. • Illustration — An illustration from his novella Tutu showing Tieck bowing to the King of Prussia. He lived until 1854 in Berlin where he worked among other things as an author for the Kreuzzeitung.

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Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg

Adolph von Menzel - Bildnis Baron Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg. Pastell

Adolph von Menzel · Kunst und Künstler: illustrierte Monatsschrift für bildende Kunst und Kunstgewerbe — 27.1929 · Public domain

Name
Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg
Born
22 April 1806
Died
24 August 1869
Occupation
Novelist, poet, painter
Spouse
Luise von Waldow (1850-1868)
Nationality
Germany.
Fields
literature and painting.
Education
Imperial University of Dorpat.
Languages
German.

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Baron Peter Alexander Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg (22 April 1806 – 24 August 1869) also known as Alexander von Sternberg, was a Baltic German novelist, poet and painter who worked under the pseudonym Sylvan. He was born on 22 April 1806 in Gut Noistfer (Purdi), Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire, into the Ungern-Sternberg German-Hungarian-Swedish-Russian noble family and he was the author of historical and biographical novels, novellas and ironic tales. • Illustration — An illustration from his novella Tutu showing Tieck bowing to the King of Prussia. He lived until 1854 in Berlin where he worked among other things as an author for the Kreuzzeitung.

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Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg (1806–1868) was a German painter, poet and writer. Born in Tallinn, the painter died in Gransee.

Alexander von Ungern-Sternberg studied at Imperial University of Dorpat. The painter was active in literature and painting. Languages used include German.

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