Von Schantz family

von Schantz is a noble family in the Swedish and Finnish Houses of Nobility. They are listed as Family Number 1255 by the Swedish House of Nobility, and as Number 95 by the Finnish House of Nobility. The family was knighted in Sweden in 1693 and was immatriculated in to the Finnish nobility in 1818. ^[1]

Members[]

Johan Eberhard Schantz (1614-1665) who was descended from Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany, moved to Sweden in the 1630s, becoming secretary to King Charles X Gustav. Four of his sons by his second marriage in 1662 with (May 21, 1643 - February 10, 1729) were also in the king's service as secretary and similar positions, and all were knighted.

Of the four sons:

• 1. , knighted 1681. Secretary to the Governor-General of Skane, Halland and Blekinge. His line became extinct in 1753.
• 2. (1650 - 1702), knighted as von Schantz January 4, 1693, Secretary of the National Archives (1701-1702). He married c. 1680.

Of this branch, notable was (15 May 1681, Stockholm - 25 March 1734), archaeologist and Assessor of Antiquities Archives from 1709, and who created a genealogy in 1731. The direct line became extinct in 1798.

• 3. (1651-1697), knighted as von Schantz January 4, 1693. He married and his descendants continue to live in Sweden.

Of this branch, notable was (July 9, 1680 - 24 April 1743), secretary of the National Archives (1719-1728), Deputy Director (1728), and then Director of Posts (1737).

• 4. (March 14, 1655 - 2 July 1702 in Kurland or Courland, Latvia), knighted as von Schantz January 4, 1693. He was the Royal Recorder and Secretary. In 1680 he married (1661 - 17 December 1725). Amongst their offspring were;

(July 9, 1687 - 17 October 1762), chamberlain, who from his marriage with (April 2, 1695 - 26 June 1762), daughter of the Privy Councillor, issued;

(April 21, 1740 - 6 May 1814) RSO who became a lieutenant colonel in the Pori (Björneborg) regiment in Finland. On April 7, 1772 he married (May 23, 1753 - 16 August 1833), daughter of and , by whom he had issue;

, from whom are descended the Aaron Rosenfelds of the United States (according to the family website guestbook).

, a lieutenant colonel. It is likely he is mentioned in Johan Ludvig Runeberg's poem The Tales of Ensign Stål (Fänrik Ståls sägner). He married . Their daughter was;

(1810 - 1895), one of the leading figures in Finnish society life and who in 1832 married Carl Gustaf Mannerheim.

(August 25, 1692 - 23 May 1730), married (1721) (June 22, 1703 - 16 March 1798) and whose descendants still live in Sweden.

Other descendants include:

• , married to Anna Margareta Weckström, by whom he had;

[3] (1775 - 1847), deputy minister (1818), and several times rewarded by the Swedish Academy's gold medal for literature. Married (1814) .

• (1835 – 1865), Finnish composer and conductor at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki.
• Johan Eberhard von Schantz (1802 - 1880), Finnish admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy
  • The Schantz Islands, a coral reef on the Marshall Islands, also known as Wotho was discovered by Johan Eberhard von Schantz on his circumnavigation of the globe on the Imperial Russian ship America.

See also[]

• The National Biography of Finland
• Swedish-speaking Finns

References[]

Sources[]

• Herman Hofberg, et al. Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon, 1906: von Schantze
• Finlands Riddarhus: von Schantz
• The Genealogical Society of Finland
• Schantz family