The Governing Senate Department Of The Herald The case of the Barony von Rosen Heard on 18 January 1867 RGIA, f. 1343, op. 28, d. 2256

Page 2 On 19 June 1857, Decree 27 was issued to Estonian noble Baron Grigory von Rosen, of that noble house of the city of Revel, the following written testimony, which was submitted to the Department of Heraldry of the Governing Senate on that same day as Decree 555. Notes from the Matriculation Commission minutes dated 11 June 1746. The von Rosen family, of the Gross Roop, Klein Roop, Grochlin, Schoenangern, etc., lines, should be designated in the Matriculation roles as the oldest noble family that owned fiefdoms in the time of the Grand Masters of the Teutonic Order. The right to the baronial title was approved by the decree of the governing Senate of the Department of Heraldry on 17 October 1855 (Decree 7867). As witnesses, the representatives of the nobility: Count Keysermil [signature], Secretary of the Nobility A. F. Gernet [his seal], translator of the Nobility of Rulov. The translation from German was verified by the clerk Fran. Everything is true and accurate according to the original.