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.
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