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Aleksandr Adlerberg (1818-1888)Aleksandr Adlerberg

Count Aleksandr Vladimirovich Adlerberg (Александр Владимирович Адлерберг) was a Russian army officer and civil servant, born on 1/13 May 1818, the son of Count Vladimir Adlerberg and his wife Mariia (b. Nelidova).

After attaining the rank of Adjutant General in 1855, and Infantry General in 1869,he became a minister of the Russian Imperial Court from 1870 to 1881, where he was a close adviser to Aleksandr II.

In 1886 he corresponded briefly with Tchaikovsky.

Aleksandr Adlerberg died on 22 September 1888 at Munich, Germany, aged 70.