Abstract

Based on data from the track record of Karl Vladimirovich Knorring, a russian diplomat, envoy to The Hague, stored in the depository of the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire, the article presents in chronological order all his personnel appointments, reconstructed biography extended by information about family ties of representatives of the Knorring family, originating from Estland (Estlyandskaya guberniya), and about their hereditary possessions in the Ostsee region. On the basis of available genealogical books and genealogical sites, biographical dictionaries, entries in track records the author attempted to clarify the date of birth of Karl Vl. Knorring, by analyzing the current variability in this matter and pointing out obvious inconsistencies.

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