The Mannerheim family (originally Marhein) also spelled von Mannerheim is the name of a prominent

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of German origin, which was part of Finnish, Swedish, and

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Lineage

Baronial lineage

(number 18 in the register of the Finnish House of Nobility) The family descends from a

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businessman and mill owner, Henrik Marhein (1618–1667), who emigrated to

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. His son, Augustin Marhein, was raised to the nobility in Sweden in 1693. He was introduced to the

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as a member of the Untitled Nobility (''adliga ätter''), being introduced under number 1260, and with the surname Mannerheim. His son, an artillery colonel and a mill supervisor, Johan Augustin Mannerheim (1706–1778), was raised to the rank of

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at the same time with his brother in 1768. Johan Augustin was introduced in 1776 under number 277. His son Baron Carl Erik Mannerheim came to

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in the latter part of 18th century and the family was immatriculated in Finland in 1818.

Comital lineage

(number 8 in the register of the Finnish House of Nobility) Baron Carl Erik Mannerheim (1759–1837) was the son of Baron Johan Augustin Mannerheim. Born in

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, Carl Erik was part of the Anjala League, an opposition movement during the reign of

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. However, he received an amnesty and emigrated to Finland, where he purchased Louhisaari manor in 1795. In 1805, he was elected Chairman of the Finnish Economic Society. At the beginning of Russian rule in Finland, he was chairman of the delegation accounting for matters in Finland to Tsar

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. He served as Vice-President of the

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's Economic Department (i.e., ''de facto'' head of government), and Governor of

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and

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provinces. He was also first

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of the Åbo province infantry regiment. He was given the hereditary title of

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(in Finnish ''Kreivi'', in

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''Greve'') in 1824 and introduced in 1825. The title is inherited by the eldest son. The family was reintroduced in the

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in 1947 and 1953.

Members

* Anna Maria Mannerheim, married in 1863 to

Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (; 18 November 183212 August 1901) was a Finland-Swedish aristocrat, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer. He was a member of the noble Nordenskiöld family of scientists and held the title of a friherre (ba ...

* Augustin Marhein * Carl Erik Mannerheim (1759–1837) - Finnish soldier, statesman and member of the Senate of Finland * Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797–1854) - Finnish entomologist and governor *

Carl Robert Mannerheim Count Carl Robert Mannerheim (1 February 1835 – 9 October 1914) was a Finnish aristocrat and businessman. He was the son of naturalist Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, and father of Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim. Biography Mannerheim wrote the ...

(1835–1914) - Finnish aristocrat and businessman *

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military commander, aristocrat, and statesman. He served as the military leader of the White Guard (Finland), Whites in the Finnish Civil War (1918), as List of ...

(1867–1951) - field marshal, soldier, statesman, and President of Finland; grandson of the entomologist *

Eva Mannerheim-Sparre Countess Eva Mannerheim-Sparre (1870–1957) was a Finnish book artist, designer and writer. Personal life Eva Mannerheim was born to the comital branch of the noble Mannerheim family, as the fifth child (of seven) of Count Carl Robert Manner ...

* Henrik Marhein * Johan Augustin Mannerheim *

Sophie Mannerheim Baroness Eva Charlotta Lovisa Sofia (Sophie) Mannerheim (21 December 1863 – 9 January 1928) was a famous nurse known as a pioneer of modern nursing in Finland. She was a daughter of count Carl Robert Mannerheim and a sister of former Finnish P ...

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Lineage

Baronial lineage

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Members

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