The comital family Adelswärd is descended from the Baronial family
Adelswärd.
Baron
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...
Eric Reinhold Adelswärd (1778-1840) was created a Swedish
Count 19 June 1823 at
Stockholm Palace by
King Charles XIV John of Sweden
sv, Karl Johan Baptist Julius
, spouse =
, issue = Oscar I of Sweden
, house = Bernadotte
, father = Henri Bernadotte
, mother = Jeanne de Saint-Jean
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Pau, ...
, in accordance with the 37th paragraph of the
instrument of government of 1809, meaning only the head of the family would be a
Count. He was introduced at
Riddarhuset
The House of Nobility ( sv, Riddarhuset) in Stockholm, Sweden, is a corporation and a building that maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility.
Name
The name is literally translated as ''House of Knights' ...
1 June 1825 as comital family number 138. His son Eric August Adolph Adelswärd (1817-1853), who became a
Count at the death of his father, abandoned the title with royal permission 30 November 1840 for him and his issue, thus making the comital family extinct.
[Riddarhusdirektionen: "Sveriges ridderskap och adels kalender 2007", page 15. Fälth & Hässler, 2006.]
References
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Swedish noble families