German noble family
Coat of arms of the Staël von Holstein family TheStaël von Holstein family is aBaltic-German Baronial family originating fromWestphalia .
The family, which originated from ancientRhenish -German nobility, came toSweden fromLivonia during the 17th century via the Polish MajorHildebrand Staël . The family was naturalized as Swedish Nobility on 14 October 1652, and the family was introduced at theSwedish House of Knights on 20 September 1675.
Currently the family has been divided in rank and station: one side of the family was raised tobaronial status (Swedish: Friherrelig) inSweden ; another, to baronial level within theRussian Empire in 1869. The family has also been introduced in the Estonian and Latvian Houses of Nobility.
Johann Stael von Holstein (died 1512), Member of theLivonian Order andVogt ofJärvamaa Matthias Stael von Holstein (died 1649)Jakob Staël von Holstein (1628–1679), Swedish military officer and Marshall vonLivonia Johann Staël von Holstein (1636–1703), Swedish military officer and Gutsherr inIngria Matthias Gustav Stael von Holstein (1666–1720), Swedish military officerOtto Wilhelm Staël von Holstein (1668–1730), Swedish baron and military officerFabian Ernst Stael von Holstein (1672–1730), Swedish Lieutenant General and Provost of theBaltic Knighthoods Jakob Axel Staël von Holstein (1680–1730), Swedish military officerGeorge Bogislaus Staël von Holstein (1685–1763), Swedish field marshal and governorJohann Staël von Holstein (1698–1751)Jakob Johann Stael von Holstein (1699–1755)Matthias Gustav Stael von Holstein (1702–1754)Fabian Ernst Stael von Holstein (1727–1772), Balto-German politician and head of theBaltic Knighthoods BaronErik Magnus Staël von Holstein (1749–1802), Swedish baron and diplomat, Ambassador to France and husband ofAnne Louise Germaine de Staël (1766–1817) Corfitz Ludwig Staël von Holstein (1753–1819), Swedish military officer and diplomatKarl Gustav Stael von Holstein (1761–1816), Russian military officerAnne Louise Germaine de Staël (1766–1817), French writer, known asMadame de Staël , née NeckerMatthias Georg Stael von Holstein (1769–1853)Johann Alexander Staël von Holstein (1798–1868), Russian military officerBerend Fabian Staël von Holstein (1810–1898), Russian major-generalOtto Wilhelm Staël von Holstein (1834–1902), Swedish juristMathilda Staël von Holstein (1876–1953), Swedish juristAlexander von Staël-Holstein (1877–1937), Estonianorientalist ,sinologist andindologist Nicolas de Staël (1914–1955), French painterBaron Jan Stael von Holstein (born 1939) Swedish, Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
