The Adlerberg family is a prominent Batlic noble family which originated from Sillerud in

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. Members of the family held significant positions within the

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and

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History

The family can trace its lineage back to the

Olov Svebilius Olaus (Olov) Svebilius (1 January 1624 – 29 June 1700) was a Swedish priest and professor. He was Bishop of the Diocese of Linköping and Archbishop of Uppsala. His most notable work was ''Martin Luthers Lilla katekes med Katekesförklaring'', ...

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, whose children were ennobled on 4 August 1684 with the name of Adlerberg by Charles XI. On 21 March 1810 they were awarded with the title of

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in Sweden by

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, while on 14 June 1851, their cousins, who previously settled in

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, were elevated to the title of

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. Swedish line of the family went extinct, while the Russian branch still exists in

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Notable members

* Amalie Adlerberg (1808–1888), Bavarian noblewoman and

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Nikolay Adlerberg Count Nikolay Vladimirovich Adlerberg (; 19 May 1819 – 25 December 1892) was a Russian aristocrat who served as Councilor of State and Chamberlain in the imperial court, as well as governor of Taganrog, Simferopol and Finland. Early life ...

(1819–1892), Chancellor of State and Chamberlain at the Imperial court of

* Vladimir Adlerberg (1791-1884), a

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in the Imperial Army of Russia *

Julia Adlerberg Anna Charlotta Juliana Adlerberg, née ''Baggehufwudt'' (; 1760-1839), was a Swedish pedagogue. She was the principal of the Smolny Institute in Saint Petersburg in 1802–1839. Early life She was the daughter of the Baltic noble Friedrich W ...

(1760-1839), Baltic-German noblewoman, Principal of the

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;See also * Unetice culture, Bronze Age culture including Adlerberg group * Sashegy, hill and neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary, formerly known as Adlerberg Russian noble families