The comital family Adelswärd is descended from the Baronial family Adelswärd.

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Eric Reinhold Adelswärd (1778-1840) was created a Swedish

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19 June 1823 at

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, in accordance with the 37th paragraph of the

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of 1809, meaning only the head of the family would be a

. He was introduced at

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1 June 1825 as comital family number 138. His son Eric August Adolph Adelswärd (1817-1853), who became a

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.

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