The Staël von Holstein family is a

Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

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family originating from

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History

The family, which originated from ancient Rhenish-German nobility, came to Sweden from

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

during the 17th century via the Polish Major Hildebrand Staël. The family was naturalized as Swedish Nobility on 14 October 1652, and the family was introduced at the Swedish House of Knights on 20 September 1675. Currently the family has been divided in rank and station: one side of the family was raised to baronial status (Swedish: Friherrelig) in Sweden; another, to baronial level within the

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in 1869. The family has also been introduced in the Estonian and Latvian Houses of Nobility. Famous representatives of the house in chronological order: * Johann Stael von Holstein (died 1512), Member of the Livonian Order and

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of Järvamaa * Matthias Stael von Holstein (died 1649) * Jakob Staël von Holstein (1628–1679), Swedish military officer and Marshall von

* Johann Staël von Holstein (1636–1703), Swedish military officer and Gutsherr in

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* Matthias Gustav Stael von Holstein (1666–1720), Swedish military officer *

Otto Wilhelm Staël von Holstein Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

(1668–1730), Swedish baron and military officer * Fabian Ernst Stael von Holstein (1672–1730), Swedish Lieutenant General and Provost of the Baltic Knighthoods *

Jakob Axel Staël von Holstein Jakob may refer to: People * Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name Other * Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP * Max Jakob Memorial A ...

(1680–1730), Swedish military officer * George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein (1685–1763), Swedish field marshal and governor * Johann Staël von Holstein (1698–1751) * Jakob Johann Stael von Holstein (1699–1755) * Matthias Gustav Stael von Holstein (1702–1754) * Fabian Ernst Stael von Holstein (1727–1772), Balto-German politician and head of the Baltic Knighthoods *Baron

Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein Baron Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein, (25 October 1749, Loddby, Sweden – 9 May 1802, Poligny, France) was a Swedish diplomat, soldier and courtier best known for being Sweden's Ambassador to France during the end of the Ancien Regime and the e ...

(1749–1802), Swedish baron and diplomat, Ambassador to France and husband of

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

(1766–1817) * Corfitz Ludwig Staël von Holstein (1753–1819), Swedish military officer and diplomat * Karl Gustav Stael von Holstein (1761–1816), Russian military officer *

(1766–1817), French writer, known as ''Madame de Staël'', née Necker * Matthias Georg Stael von Holstein (1769–1853) * Johann Alexander Staël von Holstein (1798–1868), Russian military officer * Berend Fabian Staël von Holstein (1810–1898), Russian major-general *

(1834–1902), Swedish jurist * Mathilda Staël von Holstein (1876–1953), Swedish jurist *

Alexander von Staël-Holstein Alexander Wilhelm Freiherr Staël von Holstein (, January 1, 1877, in Testama manor, Governorate of Livonia, Russian EmpireMarch 16, 1937, in Peiping, Republic of China); was a Baltic German aristocrat, Russian and Estonian orientalist, sinol ...

(1877–1937), Estonian orientalist, sinologist and

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Nicolas de Staël Nicolas de Staël (; January 5, 1914 – March 16, 1955) was a French painter of Russian origin known for his use of a thick impasto and his highly abstract landscape painting. He also worked with collage, illustration and textiles. Early life ...

(1914–1955), French painter * Johan Staël von Holstein (born 1963), Swedish IT entrepreneur * Baron Jan Stael von Holstein (born 1939) Swedish, Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, China. * David Yen von Staël-Holstein (born 1991) * Markus Staël von Holstein (born 1994)

References

*''Swedish House of Knights'', http://riddarhuset.se/

External links

Personal website of the Stael von Holstein family
in German
Personal website of the Stael von Holstein family
in Germany, Livonia and Sweden (in Swedish and in English) {{DEFAULTSORT:Stael Von Holstein Swedish noble families Russian nobility Baltic nobility German noble families