The Stenbock family is an old Swedish noble family, of which one younger branch established itself in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

and another younger branch in

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, both of them in the mid 18th century, of which the first was entered into the rolls of the

Finnish House of Nobility The House of Nobility either refers to the institution of the Finnish nobility or the palace of the noble estate in Helsinki, Finland. The Finnish nobility was from 1809 until 1906 the first of the four estates of the realm. The Estate Before t ...

and the latter received both

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Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

letters of nobility The patent of nobility, also letters of nobility (always ), or diploma of nobility documented the legal act of ennoblement (granting rights of a nobleman to a "new man" and his family). The ennoblement was an event of ultimate importance in a feuda ...

Notable members

Ebba Stenbock Ebba Gustavsdotter Stenbock ( – 8 March 1614, in Sweden) was a Swedish noble. She led the defense of the stronghold Turku Castle for the loyalists of Sigismund III Vasa during the siege by Charles IX of Sweden in succession of her spouse Clas ...

(15??–1614) *

Catherine Stenbock Catherine Stenbock (Swedish: ''Katarina Gustavsdotter Stenbock''; 22 July 1535 – 13 December 1621) was Queen of Sweden from 1552 to 1560 as the third and last wife of King Gustav I. Early life Catherine Stenbock was born on 22 July 1535 i ...

(1535–1621) *

Gustaf Otto Stenbock Gustaf Otto Gustafsson Stenbock (17 September 1614, Torpa stenhus – 24 September 1685, Stockholm) was a Swedish military officer and politician. Biography He was a member of the noble Stenbock family; born to the Riksråd (Privy Councilor) ...

(1614–1685) *

Magdalena Stenbock Magdalena Eriksdotter Stenbock (14 September 1649 – 24 January 1727) was a politically active Swedish countess and salon holder. She married the Council President and count Bengt Gabrielsson Oxenstierna and was recognized as an important cont ...

(1649–1727) *

Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock (1658–1714) was a Swedish noblewoman and lady-in-waiting; daughter of Count Erik Stenbock and related to queen Katarina Stenbock; sister of the political salonist Magdalena Stenbock. Life She was described as beautifu ...

(1658–1714) *

Magnus Stenbock Count Magnus Stenbock (22 May 1665 – 23 February 1717) was a Swedish field marshal (''Fältmarskalk'') and Privy Council of Sweden, Royal Councillor. A commander of the Caroleans, Carolean Army during the Great Northern War, he was a promin ...

(1664–1717) *

Eric Stenbock Graf Eric Stanislaus (or Stanislaus Eric) Stenbock ( – ) was a Baltic region, Baltic Swedes, Swedish poet and writer of macabre fantastic fiction. Life Stenbock was the count of Bogesund and the heir to an estate near Kolga in Estonia. He was ...

(1858–1895)

Gallery

File:COA_family_sv_Stenbock_(grevliga_ätten).svg, Arms of the Swedish counts Stenbock, the main branch of the family File:Stenbok-fermor 11-34.jpg, Arms of the Stenbock-Fermor branch of the family File:KatarinaStenbock.JPG,

File:Gustaf Otto Stenbock.jpg,

File:Magnus Stenbock, 1665-1717.jpg,

File:Eric Stenbock.jpg,

File:Riddarholmen_2009f.jpg, Stenbock Palace,

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

, built around 1640 File:Stenbock House.jpg,

Stenbock House Stenbock House () is a prominent neo-classical building located on Toompea hill, Tallinn. It is the official seat of the Government of Estonia. History The history of the Stenbock house goes back to the 1780s, when the local administration of ...

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

, built around 1790, now the seat of the Estonian Government

External links

* * Ivan Stenbock-Fermor
Memoirs of life in old Russia, World War I, revolution, and in emigration : oral history transcript
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