Adlercreutz () is the surname of a

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and

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noble family.

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Its oldest known ancestor is Swedish speaking Finn, Erik Markusson, dead 1654, who was a farmer in Biskops, Iso-Teutari,

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, Uusimaa,

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. His son Tomas Eriksson Teuterström (1643–1710) served king Charles XI and Charles XII in the Treasury and was knighted on 26 September 1700 in Karlshamnby King Charles XII of Sweden with the name Adlercreutz, and was introduced at Swedish House of Nobility, Riddarhuset in 1703 with the number 1382, which has later been changed to 1386 B. Among the members of the Swedish noble family was

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, later general of the cavalry and one of the lords of the realm,

count Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

Carl Johan Adlercreutz (1757–1815). On 30 June 1808 he was, as commander of the Sword Order, elevated into the then second class, the class of knights, and his family became a commander family with the number 1386 A. The commander family includes the baronial family Adlercreutz and the

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family Adlercreutz. Two members of the family were immatriculated in the

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on 17 September 1818 as noble family number 97. Other members of the family include

prime minister

Axel Gustav Adlercreutz ''Axel'' Gustaf Adlercreutz (2 March 1821 – 20 May 1880) was a Swedish politician, civil servant, President of the Göta Court of Appeal, Minister in the Cabinet, Member of Parliament 1847–1866 and 1877–1880, Prime Minister for Justice 187 ...

, professor of law Axel Adlercreutz and professor of medicin Herman Adlercreutz as well as the modernist architect Eric Adlercreutz. Erik Adlercreutz, a member of the Adlercreutz family, moved in 1917 to Argentina; establishing an Argentinian branch of the Adlercreutz family. In 2014, there were 37 holders of the surname Adlercreutz in Argentina.

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{{Reflist Finnish noble families Finnish families Swedish noble families Swedish families of Finnish ancestry Adlercreutz family Surnames of Swedish origin