The von Simolin family is a noble family of Finnish origin. It descends from a burgher in Turku, whose Finnish surname Simola was changed to Swedish sounding Simolin by his son, who became a Lutheran pastor in Tallinn.
History
editIn earlier genealogical literature it was often stated that the family had its origins in Transylvania, now in Romania, connected with the Hungarian noble Báthory family.[1][2]
Brothers Carl Gustav von Simolin and Johann Matthias von Simolin were ennobled in Holy Roman Empire. The Simolin family possessed large estates in Prussia and Courland and members served the Russian Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine as diplomats.
Court marshal Robert Freiherr von Simolin (b. 1851) took name Simolin-Bathory. [3]
Sources
edit- ^ Simolin, Alexander, Freiherr von: Stammtafeln des edlen Geschlechtes der Báthory von Simolin. Berlin, 1855
- ^ L. Fr. v. Ledebur: "Über die Simolin-Báthory-Frage". Berlin 1861
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften: Simolin, p. 191
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