Meijerfeldt

Meijerfeldt , also Meyerfeldt , is the name of an extinct Swedish noble family.

history

In 1674 , Andreas Meyer ( Anders Meijer ) from Brandenburg , Swedish lieutenant colonel and chief inspector of Wrangel's estates in Livonia, was raised to the hereditary Swedish nobility. His sons Johan August and Wolmar Johan became barons in 1705 . The lower aristocratic line died out in 1710.

Johan August received the title of Count in 1714, his brother in 1719. With Johan August Meijerfeldt the Younger , the male line of the count expired in 1800.

Under Johan August Meijerfeldt the Elder, the family came to large estates in Swedish Pomerania , which covered around 15,000 hectares . In Skåne , Sövde was owned by the Meijerfeldts.

Name bearer

• Johan August Meijerfeldt the Elder (1664–1749), Swedish general and politician
• Johan August Meijerfeldt the Younger (1725–1800), Swedish field marshal
• Wolmar Johan Meijerfeldt († 1739), Russian Field Marshal General

literature

• Werner Buchholz:  Meyerfeldt (Meyerfeld, Meijerfeldt), Johann August. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 390 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Meijerfeldt . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 17 : Lux-Mekanik . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1912, Sp. 1479 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).