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Tersmeden
The Tersmeden family, originally ''tor Smede'', is a noble Swedish family originally from Stade that rose to prominence in the 15th-century with Thomas tor Smede, founder of one of the most prominent trading companies in northern Germany. The family was elevated to Nobility, noble rank in the Kingdom of Sweden in 1751, and got introduced at the House of Nobility (Sweden), House of Nobility in 1752. The Tersmeden family consists of several branches of different noble ranks. During the 19th century, the Tersmeden family possessed several ironworks, where they made a fortune. The family's wealth declined over the 20th century, once they had wound up their business interests in ironworks. Prominent descendants of Jacob Tersmeden Prominent lineal descendants of Jacob Tersmeden include among many others: * Ann-Margret Holmgren (née Tersmeden; 1850–1940) *Princess Augusta, Princess of Eulenburg, Augusta of Eulenburg and Hertefeld (1853–1943) *Count Botho Sigwart zu Eulenburg (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Tersmeden
Wohlgeboren, Wohlgebogen Jacob Tersmeden (20 May 1712 – 9 February 1767) was a Swedish nobleman, ironmaster, Assessor (law), assessor and member of the Riksdag of the Estates representing the House of Nobility (Sweden), House of Nobility, and brother of renowned diarist Carl Tersmeden. Life Early years Jacob Tersmeden was born on 20 May 1712 in Larsbo, Söderbärke, Dalarna, the son of Jacob Tersmeden and Elisabeth Gangia. He was brought up on his father's estate close to Söderbärke. Education Tersmeden started to study at Uppsala University, aged eight, in 1720. He was enrolled as a student at the Swedish Board of Mines, aged sixteen, to study mineralogy. Instead of continuing studying sciences, he started to shoulder administrative tasks at Larsbo bruk. Career Tersmeden served as ironmaster to Ramnäs. After he had suddenly passed in 1767, his wife Magdalena Elisabeth Söderhielm, shouldered the role as ironmaster. Politics Tersmeden was member of parliament in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Reinhold Tersmeden
Carl Reinhold Tersmeden (9 February 1789 – 21 July 1855), was a Swedish Army ''ryttmästare'' and politician. He served as the first chairperson of the first reform meeting in Örebro ( sv, Reformmötena i Örebro). Early life Carl Reinhold Tersmeden was born into the Tersmeden family, at Larsbo, but grew up at the family estate 27 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of Örebro, Sweden, and 190 kilometres (305 mi) west of Stockholm. He was the second of four children to ironmaster Jakob Niclas Tersmeden (1745–1822) and Hedvig Wegelin (1766–1842). Career After having advanced as quartermaster at Life Regiment Hussars in 1807, he was commissioned as cornet in the same year and was three years later promoted to lieutenant there. In 1812, he advanced to ''ryttmästare'' and in the following year, Tersmeden was appointed head quartermaster of the regiment. In 1822, Tersmeden was no longer active as military personnel. Tersmeden was the manager of Larsbo and Saxe in Söderbärke pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Tersmeden
Baron Tersmeden (Swedish: Friherre Tersmeden), was a title in the Peerage of Sweden. It was created in 1809 for Fredrik Tersmeden, a member of the Tersmeden family The Tersmeden family, originally ''tor Smede'', is a noble Swedish family originally from Stade that rose to prominence in the 15th-century with Thomas tor Smede, founder of one of the most prominent trading companies in northern Germany. The fam .... The last holder of the title was Adolf Tersmeden, 3rd Baron Tersmeden who inherited the title in 1879. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Baron Tersmeden Noble titles created in 1809 Tersmeden family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Tersmeden
Carl Tersmeden (23 April 1715 – 25 December 1797) was a Swedish admiral and diarist. Life Early years Carl Tersmeden was born on 23 April 1715 at Larsbo, Dalarna, as the son of Jacob Tersmeden the Elder and Elisabeth Gangia and thus the younger brother of Jacob Tersmeden the Younger. His father had good connections in the Swedish Navy, such as Claes Sparre, allowing Carl to rise rapidly through the ranks and fight in several Swedish naval engagements of the 1700s. Literary career Tersmeden also wrote lengthy memoirs under the title ''Lefnadsjournaler'', which finally totalled some 11,000 folio pages and are often detailed descriptions of society, his own deeds, naval battles and the performance of the Gustafs skål on revolution-night, 19 August 1772, in honour of Gustav III of Sweden. They were edited by Nils Erdmann and Nils Sjöberg in six volumes and published from 1912 to 1919. Sources Svensk Tidskrift / Sjunde årgången. 1917* ''Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hedvig Wegelin
Hedvig Tersmeden (née Wegelin 31 October 1766 – 18 August 1842) was a Swedish noblewoman, Swedish artists' model, known for being the depicted woman in a painting by Carl Fredrik von Breda named '' Hedvig Wegelin with daughters''. Hedvig Wegelin is a direct ancestor of the Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein. Biography Wegelin was born into a bourgeoisie Stockholm family on 31 October 1766. She was the daughter of Johan Wegelin, a native of Swedish Livonia, and Hedvig Schméer. She moved from Stockholm to the estate of Hinseberg, but later died in Kägleholm. On December 18, 1783, Hedvig Wegelin married ironmaster Jacob Niclas Tersmeden in the parish of Näsby in Örebro County. In 1793, Jacob Niclas purchased Hinseberg and Kägleholm, with the help of the wife's inherited fortune. In the following years, Wegelin and Tersmeden had four children: * Jacob Johan Tersmeden (1785 – 1858) * Carl Reinhold Tersmeden (1789 – 1855) * Hedvig Elisabeth af Flodin (1790 – 1827) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinseberg
Hinseberg Manor ( sv, Hinsebergs herrgård) is a women's prison as of today but has formerly served as a residence for several Bourgeoisie, bourgeois and noble families. The property is located next to lake Väringen in Frövi, Sweden. The manor that exists today was built in 1803 by Jacob Niclas Tersmeden (1745–1822). Architecture Hinseberg is architecturally inspired by the Italian Renaissance style. The architect was Johan Gustaf Forsgren. History The first known owner of the property was Mats Pedersson, he was first mentioned in the year of 1420. He belonged to the so-called that owned Hinseberg for six generations, spanning almost 200 years. During the 17th century the property was owned by Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie but he could not keep up economically so he had to sell Hinseberg, including several other properties around lake Väringen to the Dalman family. For the most part of the 18th century, the property of Hinseberg was owned by the , including physician and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusta, Princess Of Eulenburg
Augusta, Princess of Eulenburg and Hertefeld (; 12 May 1853 – 14 December 1943) was a princess and spouse of Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg, who achieved considerable influence as the closest friend of Wilhelm II. The princely family of Eulenburg struggled from the so-called Eulenburg affair when Philipp was accused of homosexuality. Biography Augusta Sandels was born on 12 May 1853 in Stockholm, Sweden. She was a daughter of Samuel August Sandels, and Hedvig Henrietta Emilie Augusta Tersmeden. Count Johan August Sandels was her grandfather. Marriage and family On 20 November 1875, at Stockholm, Augusta Sandels married Eulenburg (Stockholm, 12 May 1853 – Liebenberg, 14 December 1941) They had eight children: * Philipp Graf zu Eulenburg (Wulkow, 16 November 1876 – Berlin, 28 June 1878) * Astrid Gräfin zu Eulenburg (Berlin, 25 March 1879 – Paris, 23 March 1881) * Alexandrine (Adine) Elise Klara Antonia Gräfin zu Eulenburg ( Liebenberg, 1 July 1880 – Friedelhausen, 3 Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktor Von Düben
Baron Henrik ''Viktor'' Knut von Düben von Düben (21 October 1818 – 21 August 1867) was a Swedish peer, politician, lieutenant, estate owner, second great-grandson of organist and composer Gustaf Düben. Early life Viktor von Düben was born on 21 October 1818 at Bollstanäs in Stockholm, Sweden, to Carolina Maria von Düben (née Eckhardt) and Anders Gustaf von Düben. The fourth child in a Noble family, he had two sisters and three brothers, among others writer Cesar von Düben. Carolina Maria was born in Swedish Pomerania, thus of German descent, while Anders Gustaf had Dutch, French, German and Scottish ancestry. Both his father and his grandfather was closely linked to the Royal Court of Sweden. His father was a prominent courtier and close friend of Gustav, Prince of Vasa, and his grandfather Henrik Jakob von Düben was a ''hofmarschall''. Career Von Düben was educated at Military Academy Karlberg, where he graduated as a cadet. In 1844 he became a lieutenant in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann-Margret Holmgren
Anna Margareta "Ann-Margret" Holmgren, (née Tersmeden; 17February 185012October 1940), was a Swedish author, feminist, suffragist, and pacifist. Life She was born at Hässle Manor in Uppland, Sweden. She was the daughter of Baroness Augusta Jacquette Cederström (1818–1860) and the conservative politician and courtier, nobleman Jacob Nils Tersmeden (1795–1867), thus great-granddaughter of Jacob Tersmeden and Lona Lisa Söderhielm. In 1869, she married Frithiof Holmgren (1831–1897), medical doctor and professor at Uppsala University. Their residence, Villa Åsen in the district of Kåbo in Uppsala, was the site of discussion forums for intellectual students and a centre for radical and modern ideas. Among the modern ideas in these radical circles were the introduction of a republic, democracy, suffrage, workers' rights, contraception and atheism. This is thought to have given Holmgren radical sympathies, and she participated in the radical paper ''Verdandi'' from 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Wend Zu Eulenburg
Friedrich-Wend, Count of Eulenburg and Hertefeld, known as Prince of Eulenburg and Hertefeld, Count of Sandels (19 September 1881, in Starnberg – 1 August 1963, at Hertefeld Castle in Weeze), was a German aristocratic farmer and estate owner of Liebenberg and Häsen in (Brandenburg) as well as Hertefeld and the Castle of Kolk ( Niederrhein). Origin and education Friedrich-Wend was the oldest surviving son of Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg (1847–1921) and his wife Augusta, born Countess Sandels (1853–1941), daughter of Samuel, the last Count Sandels, and Augusta Tersmeden. On account of his father's diplomatic duties he spent his childhood and school days in Starnberg, Oldenburg, Stuttgart and Vienna. On attaining his Abitur, Friedrich-Wend joined the 1st Guards Infantry Division in 1902 and a year later the Kriegsschule in Engers. In 1906 he withdrew from the military with the rank of Lieutenant of Reserves. During his time in Vienna he had met his later wife, the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Joseph Wenzel Of Liechtenstein
Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria; born 24 May 1995) is the eldest child of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, the Regent and Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, and his wife Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Duchess in Bavaria, he is also the eldest grandchild of the current ruling prince of Liechtenstein. He is second in the line of succession to the Liechtensteiner throne through his father. Biography Prince Joseph Wenzel was born on 24 May 1995 at the Portland Hospital in the West End of London to Hereditary Prince Alois and his wife Hereditary Princess Sophie (née Duchess Sophie in Bavaria). He has three younger siblings: Princess Marie Caroline, Prince Georg and Prince Nikolaus. The Prince is named Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria after his ancestor Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein, his maternal grandfather Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, his paternal uncle and godfather Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynasty
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A dynasty may also be referred to as a "house", "family" or "clan", among others. Historians periodize the histories of many states and civilizations, such as Ancient Iran (3200 - 539 BC), Ancient Egypt (3100 – 30 BC) and Ancient and Imperial China (2070 BC – AD 1912), using a framework of successive dynasties. As such, the term "dynasty" may be used to delimit the era during which a family reigned. Before the 18th century, most dynasties throughout the world have traditionally been reckoned patrilineally, such as those that follow the Frankish Salic law. In polities where it was permitted, succession through a daughter usually established a new dynasty in her husband's family name. This has changed in all of Europe's remaining mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
