Mestmaker Family


The Mestmaker family is a Russian noble family of German origin, originally from Lübeck. Members of the family held the title of Baron in the Russian Empire. The family went extinct in 1909.

History

The name can be traced back to Ivan Ivanovich Mestmaker, who was the resident minister under the Prince-bishop of Lübeck, later envoy to Dresden. He was elevated to baronial level in 1777.
The name is included in the noble Matricula of the Courland Governorate and in the V part of the pedigree book of the Podolian Governorate.
The State Council approved Baron Pavel Mestmaker's, nephew Viktor Viktorovich Buddha  allowed to add to his surname - the surname and title of his adoptive parent, Baron Mestmaker and be called Baron Mestmaker-Buddha, with the right to use the family coat of arms.

Coat of Arms

The shield has a blue field and depicts an elevated golden rafter. On either side and in the middle are three black doves.
The shield is crowned with a baronial crown. The basting on the shield is blue, enclosed in gold.

Lineage

  • Ivan Ivanovich Mestmaker 1st Baron von Mestmaker. Wife : Baroness Wilhelmina-Juliana-Sophia von Wedel-Jarlsberg
  • * Baron Fyodor Ivanovich Mestmaker. Wife : Louise-Rosina von Zeiten.
  • ** Baron Pavel Fedorovich Mestmaker. Wife : Elizabeth Pavlovna Divova, daughter of Pavel Gavrilovich Divov and Elena Stepanovna, née. Strekalova.
  • *** Baron Pavel Pavlovich Mestmaker
  • *** Baroness Elena Pavlovna Mestmaker
  • *** Baroness Olga Pavlovna Mestmaker
  • *** Baroness Alexandra Pavlovna Mestmaker. Husband: Victor Emmanuilovich Buddha.
  • **** Alexandra Viktorovna Buddha. Husband: Mikhail Oskarovich Paton, son of Oscar-Johann-Yakov Petrovitch Paton and Ekaterina Dmitrievna, née. Shishkova.
  • **** Victor Viktorovich Buddha, 1st Baron Mestmaker-Buddha. Wife : Lyudmila Alekseevna, née Dmitrieva.
  • ***** Baron Viktor Viktorovich Mestmaker-Buddha. Wife : Svetlana Kornelievna, née. N.
  • ****** Baroness Ludmila Viktorovna Mestmaker-Buddha.
  • **** Olga Viktorovna Buddha
  • **** Natalia Viktorovna Buddha. Husband : Evgeny Paton, brother of M.O. Paton.
  • ** Baron Nikolai Fedorovich Mestmaker.
  • ** Baroness Wilhelmina Fedorovna Mestmaker. Husband : Sergei Andreevich Faminitsyn, son of Andrei Egorovich Famitsyn and Praskovya Ivanovna, née. Romanchukova
  • ** Baroness Luiza Fedorovna Mestmaker.
  • * Baron Peter-Friedrich-Ludwig Mestmaker.
  • * Baroness NN Ivanovna Mestmaker. Husband : Prince Alexander Yakovlevich Khilkov, son of Prince Yakov Vasilyevich Khilkov and Elizaveta Nikitichna, née. Zotova