Jakob von Grünwald

Jakob Edward von Grünwald [RBX: megatron1258] is the current head of House Grünwald, and governor of Courland and Samogitia. Jakob's father, Erwin von Grünwald, died in 1854, thus having Jakob inherit his title and become the ruler of House Grünwald. He has further then started making connections with famous russian nobles.

Biography
Born in 1827 September 27th, Libau (modern-day Liepāja) to Erwin von Grünwald and Christiane Anne Brandt, a baltic german family, having roots from all they way to the Northern Crusade. During Jakob's early years, he was tutored by a protestant priest and by the local baltic german barons. Jakob insisted that he would want to study in the prussian military academy in Danzig, though his parents denied it. Never the less, he was still tutored on prussian militarism. Reaching 18, he was sent to Berlin, to study about agriculture. He returned to Courland at the age of 23, where he then was practiced with private property managment in Mitau. With that done, Jakob now attempts to establish several connections to the german states, especially Prussia, though which proved unsuccessful. He was officially justified to be the next Viscount of House Grünwald by the Russian Crown. In 1854, Erwin von Grünwald dies from natural causes. Following after his burrial, Jakob, at the age of 27, is proclaimed as a viscount and the head of House Grünwald, and governor of Courland and Samogitia. A year after, he marries Sophie Isabell Junkermann, a daughter of a duke from Anhalt.

Following the next years, Jakob steadied the lifestyle and taxes of the peasents loyal to House Grünwald, thus having the peasents a bit more easier going in life, but at the same time collecting decent amount of resources and taxes.

He focuses on establishing connections with russian nobles now, to create strong alliances, but still keeping diplomatic ties with the german lands.

Family

 * Father - Erwin von Grünwald [DECEASED]
 * Mother - Christiane Anne Brandt
 * Spuse - Sophie Isabell Junkermann
 * Issue - ?

​Motto
~Honour through discipline;

Righteousness through God~