Buxhoeveden family

Buxhoeveden

Buxhoeveden was a Baltic German family from Estonia and Russian Empire, with roots tracing to Bexhövede, Lower Saxony. In Sweden, the family is considered part of the unintroduced nobility.

Notable family members include:

Albert of Riga (1165–1229), third Bishop of Riga, founder of the Livonian Brothers of the Sword
Hermann of Dorpat (1163–1248), first Bishop of Dorpat
Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoevden (1750–1811), Russian Infantry General
Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden (1883–1956), lady in waiting to Tsarina Alexandra of Russia

Albert of Riga on a Latvian coin.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden
Sophie Buxhoeveden (right) with Countess Anastasia Hendrikova.

Titled unintroduced nobility of Sweden

Princely	Bernadotte Cantacuzino

Ducal	d'Otrante

Marquisal	Joussineau de Tourdonnet Lagergren

Comital	Bernadotte af Wisborg Crapon de Caprona Fouché d'Otrante von der Groeben von Hallwyl Joussineau de Tourdonnet Lagergren Landberg Moltke Moltke-Huitfeldt de Paus von Platen zu Hallermund Révay Reventlow Stolberg Tolstoy von (af) Trampe

Baronial	von Bonsdorff von Bredow von Buddenbrock von Buxhoeveden Cronstedt von Grothusen von Gussich von Leithner von Mecklenburg von der Osten-Sacken von der Pahlen von Rosen (från Hoch-Rosen) Rosenørn-Lehn von Strauss von Wangenheim de Wendel

Families that have been included in Kalender öfver i Sverige lefvande ointroducerad adel (1886–1899), Sveriges ointroducerade adels kalender (1912–1944) and/or Kalender över Ointroducerad adels förening (1935–)

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