The Schauman family is a Swedish Finnish noble family of German origin, [1] [2] introduced in both the Swedish House of Nobility [3] and the Finnish House of Nobility. [4] Originally known as a family of high-ranking soldiers, since the 1800s its representatives have become known in numerous other fields. [5]
The family is from the Baltic countries and moved to Finland at the end of the 1600s. It is considered to be from the nobility of Courland. [3] However, according to an alternative theory the roots of the family could be in Kurpfalz, Germany, in which in 1596 a family with the same name was ennobled. [1]
The Finnish ancestor of the family is lieutenant colonel [6] Henrik Johan Schauman [1] (1649–1730) of the Turku County Cavalry Regiment, who came from the Ogre region in Livonia and moved to Sweden in 1662. [3] He was naturalized in the Swedish nobility in 1686 by Charles XI of Sweden [3] and his family was introduced to the House of Knights in 1697 as a nobleman, number 1287. [3]
Today's living branches are all descendants of his grandson, noble-muse Berndt Otto Schauman [5] (1738–1805). In connection with the organization of the Finnish House of Nobility, Schaumans were marked there in 1818 as a noble family, number 96. [3] [4] Descendants of the family moved to Argentina in the late 19th century and in the 1920s to France; [3] the family still lives in both countries. Alternative noble families[ clarification needed ] have subsequently re-elected the right to represent the House of Knights. Schaumans are also living today in Paraguay and the United States. [3]
The Schauman noble family is strongly international, as some of its branches have long existed even in South America. [5]
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