Güldenstern (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of the Güldenstern family

Güldenstern is the German name of the Danish - Swedish noble family Gyldenstierne ( Danish ) or Gyllenstierna ( Swedish ).

history

Denmark

The lineage of the widespread family is traced back to the knight Nils Eriksson zu Ågård in Jutland , who is documented in 1314. Under his great-grandchildren Knud, Peder and Erik Nilssøne, the family split into the three branches Restrup, Ågård and Demstrup. The family held high offices in the Kingdom of Denmark. In Denmark, the family died out in 1729.

Sweden

Christina Gyllenstierna

The family had also been based in Sweden since the first half of the 15th century. Erik Eriksson af Fågelvik married Kristina, a daughter of the Swedish King Charles VIII. One of the couple's sons, Nils Eriksson Gyllenstierna, was the father of Christina Gyllenstierna († January 1559 ). She became the wife of the Swedish administrator Sten Sture the Younger and after his death continued the resistance against Christian II .

Nils Göransson Gyllenstierna was raised to the Swedish baron in 1569 . After Skåne became Swedish, a branch of the Danish family resident there, now extinct, was accepted into the Swedish knight's house . The Vinstrop branch was given the baron status in 1651, while four other branches: Björkesund , Eriksberg , Steninge and Fogelvik were given the status of counts in Sweden . All of these branches are extinct today. On the other hand, branches of the simply noble (von) Gyllenstierna bloom to this day.

Today the seat of the family foundation is Krapperup Castle in Skåne (owned by the family since 1809). The Bjersgård estate in Klippan is still owned by the family to this day . The family's historical possessions were Svaneholm Castle (1611 to the beginning of the 18th century), Nynäs Castle (1600–1860), and Fågelvik Castle in Valdemarsvik (1446–1711). Erik Karlsson Gyllenstierna (1602–1657), Swedish Imperial Councilor, had the Ericsberg Castle, named after him, built from 1650 , one of the most important Swedish baroque castles, Count Carl Gyllenstierna around 1695, the Steninge Castle .

Norway

The Danish knight Mogens Henriksen Gyldenstierne († 1569) was lord of Akershus from 1527 . The Danish diplomat Alex Gyldenstierne (approx. 1542-1603) was governor general of Norway from 1588 to 1601.

Pomeranian

Epitaph set by Sigismund Güldenstern in 1651 in the Marienkirche in Gdańsk

From the marriage of the Swedish admiral Johann Güldenstern and the Countess Siegfriede von Brahe lived a son Sigismund Gyllenstierna , baron of Lundholm and Vogelwick, castellan of Danzig and Starost zu Stuhm . He died on June 30, 1666. With his wife Anna Czema , the castellan of Stelins and Starosten on Stum's heir, he had two sons and two daughters, who died early. This house in Prussia went out in 1676 with his nephew Maximilian von Güldenstern .

Duchy of Bremen and Verden

Nils Gyllenstierna (1648–1720) was Governor General of the Duchies of Bremen and Verden from 1698 to 1710 .

coat of arms

The family coat of arms shows a golden, seven-pointed star in blue.

  • Counts of Björkesund

  • Counts of Eriksberg

  • Counts of Steninge

  • Counts of Fogelvik

  • Gyllenstierna af Uleborg.

  • Gyllenstierna af Nynäs.

  • Gyllenstierna af Svaneholm.

  • Gyllenstierna af Lundholm.

Literary and trivia

The gender name appears in the form of Guildenstern in William Shakespeare 's tragedy Hamlet .

See also : Rosenkranz & Güldenstern

In Stade , the local sports club TuS Güldenstern Stade is named after the family.

Name bearer

literature

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