Category: von Medem

Saint Alexander Medem – Russian Martyr with German Roots

Former Lutheran who went through the hell of prisons and camps and was canonized by the Church notes on article: The first part of this article first appeared in Russian on pravmir.ru on August 21, 2015, written by Alexey Naumov and re-posted onto this site with permission from the author. The second part of this…




The Portrait of Duchess Dorothea von Medem (von Biron)

Note: This essay has been prepared and written by Jānis Stundiņš, news agency LETA, by reasons of personal interests of local history. This article has been published in local Latvian papers and around the world in both English and Latvian. Significant painting of Duchess Dorothea in Eleja’s palace I would like to add comments, which…




Legend of Dagmar von Medem

Note: This essay has been prepared and written by Jānis Stundiņš, news agency LETA, by reasons of personal interests of local history. He did the majority of the research in his own way, but worked with me to do some detective work, which is explained throughout the document. This article has been published in local…