Aminoff (noble family)
Aminoff is the name of an originally Russian, from the 17th century Swedish aristocratic family that was able to spread to Finland in the 18th century.
history
The family comes from the Novgorod area . Feodor Gregorievitj Aminev († 1628) governor of Ivangorod , entered the Swedish service and received a letter of arms from King Gustav Adolf on September 24, 1618 , which naturalized his family in Sweden. His son, the Swedish colonel and governor of Augdov , Esaias (Jesse) Aminoff († 1657) was introduced to the noble class on September 10, 1650 at the knight's house (No. 456). On March 11, 1778, the knighthood came to the family.
Finnish branches
The Swedish major general Johan Fredrik Aminoff (* 1756; † 1842) was introduced to the Finnish knight's house on May 2, 1818 (No. 36). No use was made in Sweden of a princely dignity according to the birthright for his descendants. On September 17, 1818, he was raised to the baron class (No. 25), on November 6, 1821 he was inducted into the count class according to the birthright (No. 5).
Relatives
- Henrik Johan Aminoff (1680–1758), Swedish lieutenant general
- Carl Mauritz Aminoff (1728–1798), Swedish lieutenant general, director of the pension fund of the Royal Swedish Army
- Adolf Aminoff (1733–1800), Swedish major general and commander of the Savo Brigade
- Johan Fredrik Aminoff (1756–1842), Finnish-Swedish general and politician
- Johan Gabriel Aminoff (1767–1828), Swedish major general
- Gustaf Aminoff (1771–1836), Swedish major general
- Adolf Aminoff (1806-1884), Swedish general
- Wilhelm Sixten Gregorius Aminoff (1838–1909), chamberlain to the Swedish queen mother Josephine
- Johan Fredrik Gustaf Aminoff (1844–1899), Finnish-Swedish lieutenant general
- Adolf Petter Johannes Aminoff (1856–1938), Finnish-Swedish major general
- Ivan T. Aminoff (1868-1928), Swedish writer
- Ivar Aminoff (1868–1931), Finnish Defense Minister
- Gregor Carl Georg Aminoff (1872–1934), Adjutant to the Swedish King Gustav V.
- Gregori Aminoff (1883–1947), Swedish professor of mineralogy and director of the mineralogical department at the Natural History Museum in Stockholm
- Gregor Iwan Alexis Feodor Aminoff (1897–1977), chamberlain to the Duke and Duchess of West Götaland
- Marianne Aminoff (1916–1984), Swedish actress
- Alexis Aminoff, Swedish Ambassador to Portugal, 1961 holder of the Order of Infante Dom Henrique (Großkreuss)
literature
- Berndt Herman Aminoff: Släkten Aminoff. Ekenäs 1978
- Otto Bergström: Släkten Aminoff efter Kaptenen Tönnes Aminoffs efterlemnade manuscript. Stockholm 1898
- Patrik Bruun: Släkten Aminoff. Vardagsslit och sjuårskrig. Upplevt and deskrivet of the nyländske dragon Carl Johan Aminoff. Helsingfors 1994.
- Gustaf Elgenstierna : The introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor med tillägg och rättelser. Stockholm, no.456
- Sveriges ridderskaps och adels calendar. 1923, p. 19 No. 456
