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Leijonhufvud
Leijonhufvud (Germanized as Lewenhaupt, literally "Lionhead") is the name of a Swedish noble family, from which some of the family members were granted baronial title. The baronial branch was 1568 granted the status of counts, and changed their family name to Lewenhaupt. There are still living members of both the branch of the family belonging to the lower nobility and the baronial one. Notable members * Peter Leijonhufvud (1717–1789), Swedish Baron, Officer * Gabriel Leijonhufvud the Elder (1755–1826), Swedish Baron, Officer, Freemason * Gabriel Leijonhufvud the Younger (1812–1897), Swedish Baron, Officer, diplomat *Axel Leijonhufvud (1933–2022), Swedish economist *Ebba Leijonhufvud, (1595–1654), Swedish noble, Countess of Raseborg * Johan Leijonhufvud (born 1971), Swedish jazz guitarist * Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516–1551), Queen of Sweden *Martha Leijonhufvud Martha Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud (24 December 1520 in Ödeby Lillkyrka, Ekeberg, Närke – 15 January 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axel Leijonhufvud
Axel Leijonhufvud (6 September 1933 – 2 May 2022) of the original. was a Swedish and professor at the (UCLA), and professor at the University of Trento, |
Sigrid Leijonhufvud
Sigrid Amalia Leijonhufvud (5 July 1862 – 14 November 1937) was a Swedish author, historian, and feminist, who is best known for authoring biographies of historical women. She was granted membership in the Samfundet De Nio (The Nine Society) and was awarded the Swedish royal medal Litteris et Artibus in recognition of her writing career. Early life Sigrid Leijonhufvud was born on 5 July 1862 in Stockholm, Sweden. Born into an aristocratic family, she was one of the nine children to Countess Ebba Ulrika Sparre and Count Axel Hjalmar Leijonhufvud. Her father also served as a colonel and royal chamberlain. As many other children of the upper class, she was educated privately at home. In 1883, she received her school-leaving certificate at the Lyceum Girls' School in Stockholm. Her father did not want Leijonhufvud to continue education. Her aunt, Sophie Adlersparre (née Leijonhufvud) (1823–1895), was a leading women's rights activist and founder of the Fredrika Bremer Ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Leijonhufvud
Axel Peter Gabriel Leijonhufvud (13 September 1717 – 19 June 1789) was a Swedish military officer. Leijonhufvud was one of Gustav III, Crown prince Gustav's (III) cavaliers, a civil servant and a Lord Marshal (Sweden), lord marshal of Sweden.''Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor'', Gustaf Elgenstierna (1928), band IV, sidorna 553–554. Biography Leijonhufvud became a student in Uppsala in 1730, extra ordinary chancellor in the chancellery in 1734 and a volunteer at the Life Guards (Sweden), Life Guards in 1737. He was promoted to Rustmästare, master of armory in 1737, furir in 1738, sergeant in 1739, Ensign (rank), ensign in 1741, and as such participated in the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743), Russian War of (1741–1743). In 1744, Leijonhufvud became a Captain lieutenant, captain-lieutenant in the Turku County Turku Infantry Regiment, Infantry Regiment, where he became a captain in 1746. By change, he instead became a captain at the Västerbotten Regiment, Väste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leijonhufvud Family
Leijonhufvud (Germanic language, Germanized as Lewenhaupt, literally "Lionhead") is the name of a Swedish nobility, Swedish noble family, from which some of the family members were granted baronial title. The baronial branch was 1568 granted the status of counts, and changed their family name to Lewenhaupt (other), Lewenhaupt. There are still living members of both the branch of the family belonging to the lower nobility and the baronial one. Notable members *Peter Leijonhufvud (1717–1789), Swedish Baron, Officer *Gabriel Leijonhufvud the Elder (1755–1826), Swedish Baron, Officer, Freemasonry, Freemason *Gabriel Leijonhufvud the Younger (1812–1897), Swedish Baron, Officer, diplomat *Axel Leijonhufvud (1933–2022), Swedish economist *Ebba Leijonhufvud, (1595–1654), Swedish noble, Countess of Raseborg *Johan Leijonhufvud (born 1971), Swedish jazz guitarist *Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516–1551), Queen of Sweden *Martha Leijonhufvud (1520–1584), Swedish noble ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebba Leijonhufvud
Ebba Mauritzdotter Leijonhufvud, also called Ebba Mauritzdotter Lewenhaupt (1595 – 25 January 1654), Countess of Raseborg, Lady of Käggleholm, Eksjöhovgård and Tullgarn, was a Swedish noble and courtier and member of the Leijonhufvud family. She served as ''överhovmästarinna'' in 1633–1634 and foster mother in 1639–1644 to Christina, Queen of Sweden. She was also known for her donations to various churches. Early life Ebba Mauritzdotter was born to count Mauritz Stensson Leijonhufvud and Amalia von Hatzfeld: her paternal grandmother was her controversial name sake Ebba Lilliehöök, after which her father and herself inherited the County of Raseborg. She married ''riksråd'' and chancellor count Svante Sture (d. 1616) in 1613, and ''riksråd'' and general governor Claes Horn of Kanckas (d. 1632) in 1618. As was the custom in the Swedish nobility until the late 18th-century, however, she kept her own name Leijonhufvud after marriage. In 1636, she became closely af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Leijonhufvud The Elder
Axel Gabriel Leijonhufvud the Elder (May 16, 1755 – November 9, 1826) was a Swedish military officer and baron. He personally witnessed the horrors of the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790. Biography Gabriel was born on the 16 May 1755 outside Sundsberg as the son of Baron Peter Leijonhufvud. He began his military career at the age of eight in 1763 when he was personally appointed rustmäster in the Dowager Queen's Life Regiment by the king. He was promoted in the same year to sergeant of the same regiment. He was later promoted stabsfänrik in 1770, lieutenant in 1776 and captain in 1782. On 30 April 1783, Gabriel became a staff adjutant to the governor-general of Finland. On 30 June 1787, Gabriel was promoted to major in the Swedish Army and chief adjutant of the governor-general of Finland. After fighting in Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790, he was promoted lieutenant colonel in the Dowager Queen's Life Regiment in 1796 and awarded Order of the Sword the in 1797. Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Leijonhufvud
Martha Eriksdotter Leijonhufvud (24 December 1520 in Ödeby Lillkyrka, Ekeberg, Närke – 15 January 1584 in Stegeholm), known as (), was a politically active Swedish noblewoman. She was the sister of Queen Margaret Leijonhufvud and sister-in-law of King Gustav I of Sweden: she was also the maternal aunt of Queen Catherine Stenbock and the daughter-in-law of the regent Christina Gyllenstierna. In 1568, she financed the deposition of King Eric XIV of Sweden, which placed her nephew John III of Sweden on the throne. Biography Martha was born to Erik Abrahamsson Leijonhufvud (d. 1520), a victim of the Stockholm Bloodbath, and Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa, and relative of Gustav Vasa, who became king of Sweden in 1523. Marriage Her sister Margaret was engaged to Svante Stensson Sture, the son of former regent Christina Gyllenstierna, but the engagement was broken in 1536 when king Gustav decided to marry her. Instead, Sture was married to Märta. There is a well known legend as to how th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Leijonhufvud
Margaret Leijonhufvud or Margareta Eriksdotter (1 January 1516 – 26 August 1551) was Queen of Sweden from 1536 to 1551 by marriage to King Gustav I. She played a political role as the advisor and intermediary to her spouse. Biography Early life Margaret Leijonhuvfud was a member of one of Sweden's most powerful noble families: the early Leijonhufvud clan of Swedish nobility (the name meaning ''Lion's Head''), being the daughter of , a man executed in the Stockholm bloodbath, and wife Ebba Eriksdotter Vasa, the second cousin of king Gustav. There is very little known of her life prior to her marriage. Her father was executed when she was four years old, during which time she hid with her mother and siblings in the Västerås Monastery.Tegenborg Falkdalen, Karin, Margareta Regina: vid Gustav Vasas sida : n biografi över Margareta Leijonhufvud (1516–1551) Setterblad, Stockholm, 2016 (In Swedish) She spent her childhood mainly at in Västergötland and Ekeberg in Närke. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Nobility
The Swedish nobility (, or , ) has historically been a legally or socially privileged Social class, class in Sweden, and part of the so-called ''frälse'' (a derivation from Old Swedish meaning ''free neck''). The archaic term for nobility, ''frälse'', also included the clergy, a classification defined by tax exemptions and representation in the Diet (assembly), diet (the Riksdag of the Estates, Riksdag). Today the nobility does not maintain its former legal privileges although family names, titles and coats of arms are still protected. The Swedish nobility consists of both "introduced" and "unintroduced" nobility, where the latter has not been formally "introduced" at the Swedish House of Nobility, House of Nobility (''Riddarhuset''). The House of Nobility still maintains a fee for male members over the age of 18 for upkeep on pertinent buildings in Stockholm. Belonging to the nobility in present-day Sweden may still carry some informal social privileges, and be of certain soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewenhaupt (other)
Lewenhaupt is the name of an old Swedish noble family, whose members occupied significant military and political positions in the Kingdom of Sweden. History Lewenhaupt is the Germanized name of the Swedish Leijonhufvud noble family. They were granted baronial title in Sweden. The baronial branch was 1568 granted the title of Count. Branches of the family still exist in Sweden. Notable members * Gustaf Adolf Lewenhaupt (1619–1656), Swedish soldier * Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (1659–1719), Swedish general * Charles Emil Lewenhaupt (1691–1743), Swedish general * Wilhelmina Bonde, née Lewenhaupt (1817–1899), Swedish courtier * Carl Lewenhaupt Count Carl Lewenhaupt (19 March 1835 – 10 December 1906) was a Swedish diplomat and politician, who was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1889 to 1895. Early life Lewenhaupt was born on 19 March 1835 at Herrevad Abbey in Klippan Municip ... (1835–1906), Swedish diplomat and politician * Carl Gustaf Sixtensson Lewenhaupt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COA Family Sv Leijonhufvud
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Germanic Language
The Germanic languages are a branch of the Indo-European language family spoken natively by a population of about 515 million people mainly in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Southern Africa. The most widely spoken Germanic language, English, is also the world's most widely spoken language with an estimated 2 billion speakers. All Germanic languages are derived from Proto-Germanic, spoken in Iron Age Scandinavia, Iron Age Northern Germany and along the North Sea and Baltic coasts. The West Germanic languages include the three most widely spoken Germanic languages: English with around 360–400 million native speakers; German, with over 100 million native speakers; and Dutch, with 24 million native speakers. Other West Germanic languages include Afrikaans, an offshoot of Dutch originating from the Afrikaners of South Africa, with over 7.1 million native speakers; Low German, considered a separate collection of unstandardized dialects, with roughly 4.35–7.15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
