Staël of Holstein
Staël von Holstein (also "Stael von Holstein" or "Stael-Holstein") is the name of one of Westphalia originating Baltic German noble family. Originally owned by Holstein Castle near Nümbrecht in the Oberbergisches Land . Part of the family moved to the Baltic States in the 15th century .
history
Part of the family came to Sweden from Livonia in the 17th century . On October 14, 1652, the family living here was entered in the Swedish register of nobility. Since September 20, 1657 she is as No. 308 member of the Swedish House of Knights ( Riddarhuset ), the representation of the higher Swedish nobility. Three lines of the family were raised to the baron status: Otto Wilhelm Staël von Holstein 1719, Georg Bogislaus Staël von Holstein 1731 (extinguished in 1763) and Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein 1788. The latter line became extinct in France in the 1830s.
After Estonia and Livonia separated from Sweden and annexed to Russia in 1721, the branches of the family there remained active in the Estonian and Livonian knighthood . The Russian tsar elevated them to the rank of baron by means of a ukase in 1869 .
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows eight red balls in silver following the edge of the shield . On the red and silver puffed helmet with red and silver helmet covers two silver buffalo horns, each with four red balls on the outside .
Known family members
Well-known representatives of the sex were (in chronological order):
- Johann Stael von Holstein († 1512), member of the Livonian Order and Vogt of Järvamaa ( Jerven )
- Matthias Stael of Holstein († 1649)
- Jakob Staël von Holstein (1628–1679), Swedish military and land marshal of Livonia
- Johann Staël von Holstein (1636–1703), Swedish military and landlord in Ingermanland
- Matthias Gustav Stael von Holstein (1666–1720), Swedish military
- Otto Wilhelm Staël von Holstein (1668–1730), Swedish baron and military
- Fabian Ernst Stael von Holstein (1672–1730), Swedish lieutenant general and head of the Estonian knighthood
- Jakob Axel Staël von Holstein (1680–1730), Swedish military
- George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein (1685–1763), Swedish field marshal and governor
- Johann Staël von Holstein (1698–1751)
- Jakob Johann Stael of Holstein (1699–1755)
- Matthias Gustav Stael of Holstein (1702–1754)
- Fabian Ernst Stael von Holstein (1727–1772), German Baltic politician and head of the Estonian knighthood
- Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein (1749–1802), Swedish baron and diplomat; Husband of Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (1766–1817)
- Corfitz Ludwig Staël von Holstein (1753-1819), Swedish military and diplomat
- Karl Gustav Stael von Holstein (1761-1816), Russian military
- Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (1766-1817), French writer
- Matthias Georg Stael of Holstein (1769-1853)
- Johann Alexander Staël von Holstein (1798–1868), Russian military
- Berend Fabian Staël von Holstein (1810–1898), Russian major general
- Otto Wilhelm Staël von Holstein (1834–1902), Swedish lawyer
- Alexander von Staël-Holstein (1877–1937), Estonian orientalist, sinologist and Indologist
- Nicolas de Staël (1914–1955), French painter
- Johan Staël von Holstein (* 1963), Swedish entrepreneur
literature
- Anton Fahne : History of Messrs. Staël von Holstein. Cologne 1871, ( digitized edition in the database of the Bavarian State Library )
- August Wilhelm Hupel : Nordische Miscellaneen , volumes 15-17, p. 517 ff., ( Digitized by Staël von Holstein )
Web links
- private website of the Staël von Holstein family (German)
- private website of the Staël von Holstein family (Swedish)
- chwvdb.blogspot.nl
Individual evidence
- ↑ Staël of Holstein . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 26 : Slöke – Stockholm . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1917, Sp. 911-918 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- ↑ Staël of Holstein . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 509-511 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- ^ Book of arms of the Westphalian nobility, p. 120