Fouquet or Foucquet is a French surname. Many immigrants to the United States anglicized this surname to either Fuqua or Fuquay upon arrival.
Taube is a surname. It may refer to:
Brahe is the name of two closely related Scanian noble families who were influential in both Danish and Swedish history. The noble families became extinct in Denmark in 1786 and in Sweden in 1930.
Wrangel or Wrangell is a Germanic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bourchier is an English surname, from French Boursier, keeper of the purse. Bourchier is the Norman pronunciation.
The Makeléers are Swedish House of Nobility family 513. The earliest member was Hans Makeléer, 1st Baronet (1604-1666) who migrated to Sweden from Scotland.
Göransson is a Swedish surname. It means "son of Göran" and was thus originally a patronymic. Notable people with the surname include:
The Rudbeck family, also spelled Rudebeck or von Rudebeck is a Swedish noble family, originating from Northern Schleswig. They were ennobled in 1719 by Queen Ulrika Eleanora and in 1776 awarded with the title of Baron in Sweden. The family is related to the Nobel family.
The Gyldenstjerne family, also spelled Gyldenstierne, is a Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish noble family divided into various branches and ranks. It is one of the oldest noble families in Scandinavia. The family surname appears, in the form of Guildenstern, in William Shakespeare's tragedy The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. The surname should not be confused with Gyldensteen, the name of another short-lived Danish noble family, first recorded in 1717 and which became extinct in 1749.
Andersdotter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Holles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Falck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Leche is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Tott family or Thott is the prominent Swedish noble family, whose members occupied many important positions in Sweden and Denmark.
The Kantakouzenos family, Latinized as Cantacuzenus, Anglicized as Cantacuzene was one of the most prominent noble families of the Byzantine Empire in the last centuries of its existence.
Brahe is the name of two closely related Scanian noble families.
Carlsdotter is a Swedish patronymic name. People known by this name include the following:
Bonaventura is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dulski, feminine: Dulska is a Polish noble surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Nils Göransson Gyllenstierna, sometimes Nils Jöransson, or Nisse Gyllenstierna was a Swedish statesman and aristocrat who was Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1561 to 1590 and Lord high Steward of Sweden from 1590 to 1601. He is most known for assisting Johan III ascend the Swedish throne.
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