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Carpelan family is a
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
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noble family
Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many e ...
from
Middle Ages
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.
Squire Paval Karppalainen from
Vehmaa
Vehmaa (; sv, Vemo) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population dens ...
,
Varsinais-Suomi
Southwest Finland, calqued as Finland Proper ( fi, Varsinais-Suomi ; sv, Egentliga Finland), is a Regions of Finland, region in the southwest of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-H ...
was ennobled in 1407 by king
Eric XIII of Sweden
Eric of Pomerania (1381 or 1382 – 24 September 1459) was the ruler of the Kalmar Union from 1396 until 1439, succeeding his grandaunt, Queen Margaret I. He is known as Eric III as King of Norway (1389–1442), Eric VII as King of Denmark (1396 ...
. After the extinction of his male line, his granddaughter's son continued the family name and took up his mothers arms.
His descendants were registered under number 38 among the untitled nobility at the
Swedish House of Nobility
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'', ...
when it was established in 1625.
Vilhelm Karpelan, lieutenant general and commander of the Westrobothnian Regiment, was created
friherre
(; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...
Carpelan, together with his fraternal nephew Karl Ephraim Karpelan, lieutenant colonel, by king
Adolf Frederick of Sweden
Adolf Frederick, or Adolph Frederick ( sv, Adolf Fredrik, german: Adolf Friedrich; 14 May 171012 February 1771) was King of Sweden from 1751 until his death. He was the son of Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, and Albertina ...
on 15 October 1771. In 1776 the family was registered under number 281 among baronial class of the House.
When
Finland
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had in 1809 become a Grand Duchy of the
Russian Empire
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, those members of the Carpelan family who resided there and swore fealty to the Grand Duke,
Emperor Alexander I
Alexander I (; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1801, the first King of Congress Poland from 1815, and the Grand Duke of Finland from 1809 to his death. He was the eldest son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.
The son of ...
Finnish House of Nobility
The House of Nobility either refers to the institution of the Finnish nobility or the palace of the noble estate. The Finnish nobility was until 1906 the first of the four estates of the realm.
The Estate
The estate of nobility existed fully st ...
was established, the baronial family of Carpelan was registered there under number 19 among the baronial class (''
vapaaherra
(; male, abbreviated as ), (; his wife, abbreviated as , literally "free lord" or "free lady") and (, his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire ...
llinen suku numero 19'', ''friherrliga ätten nummer 19'').
Famous members
*
Bo Carpelan
Baron Bo Gustaf Bertelsson Carpelan (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011) was a Finland-Swedish poet and author. He published his first book of poems in 1946, and received his PhD in 1960. Carpelan, who wrote in Swedish, composed numerous books ...
See also
*
The National Biography of Finland
''Suomen kansallisbiografia'' ( en, The National Biography of Finland) is a collection of more than 6,000 biographies
A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like e ...
Sources
*T. Carpelan, Ättartavlor
*J. Ramsay, Frälsesläkter i Finland intill Stora ofreden
*E. Anthoni, Finlands medeltida frälse
Finnish noble families