
The Stenbock family is an old
Swedish noble family, of which one younger branch established itself in
Finland
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and another younger branch in
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
, both of them in the mid 18th century, of which the first was entered into the rolls of the
Finnish House of Nobility and the latter received both
Estonian and
Russian letters of nobility.
Notable members
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Ebba Stenbock (15??–1614)
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Catherine Stenbock (1535–1621)
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Gustaf Otto Stenbock (1614–1685)
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Magdalena Stenbock (1649–1727)
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Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock (1658–1714)
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Magnus Stenbock (1664–1717)
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Eric Stenbock (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, Catherine Stenbock
File:Gustaf Otto Stenbock.jpg, Gustaf Otto Stenbock
File:Magnus Stenbock, 1665-1717.jpg, Magnus Stenbock
File:Eric Stenbock.jpg, Eric Stenbock
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, 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
See also
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Stenbock House, seat of the government of Estonia in Tallinn
External links
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* Ivan Stenbock-Fermor
Memoirs of life in old Russia, World War I, revolution, and in emigration : oral history transcript
Swedish noble families
Baltic-German noble families
Swedish-language surnames
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