Von Schantz family
The Schantz family is a noble family of German origin in the Swedish and Finnish Houses of Nobility. They are listed as Family Number 1255 by the Swedish House of Nobility, and as Number 95 by the Finnish House of Nobility. The family was knighted in Sweden in 1693 and was immatriculated in to the Finnish nobility in 1818.
Members
Johan Eberhard Schantz who was descended from Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany, moved to Sweden in the 1630s, becoming secretary to King Charles X Gustav. Four of his sons by his second marriage in 1662 with Elisabeth Pfeiff were also in the king's service as secretary and similar positions, and all were knighted.Of the four sons:
- 1. Johan David Schantz, knighted 1681. Secretary to the Governor-General of Skane, Halland and Blekinge. His line became extinct in 1753.
- 2. Ludwig von Schantz, knighted as von Schantz January 4, 1693, Secretary of the National Archives. He married Kristina Fineman c. 1680.
- 3. Fredrik von Schantz, knighted as von Schantz January 4, 1693. He married Anna Ursula Scheffer and his descendants continue to live in Sweden.
- 4. Kristian von Schantz, knighted as von Schantz January 4, 1693. He was the Royal Recorder and Secretary. In 1680 he married Adriana Fineman. Amongst their offspring were;
- Kristian Robert von Schantz, married to Anna Margareta Weckström, by whom he had;
- Johan Filip von Schantz, Finnish composer and conductor at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki.
- Johan Eberhard von Schantz, Finnish admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy
- * The Schantz Islands, a coral reef on the Marshall Islands, also known as Wotho was discovered by Johan Eberhard von Schantz on his circumnavigation of the globe on the Imperial Russian ship America.