Edenberg family

Edenberg was once the surname of a Swedish noble family formerly known as Eden and now the surname of Swedish commoners.

The founder of the noble family was Matthias or Theis Eden (1568–1636), a citizen and brewer of Bremen, whose wife was also called Eden. Their son who was citizen and brewer of Bremen, whose wife was also called Eden. Their son Claus Eden belonged to the cavalry in Lüneburg but he went to Stockholm and then Uppsala, where he became a handlande [ merchant ], a citizen and a city councilor. In that capacity, he was knighted with the name of Edenberg in 1654 and enrolled in Riddarhuset [ "House of Nobility" ] with the number of 617. He thereafter bought the manors at Kiplingeberg and Kättslinge in Uppland and Brunnby in Skåne. He was married twice. His first wife was Gertrude Sulchen, a daughter of a German citizen in Stockholm. In 1652, Claus Edenberg married Anna Schrodera, daughter of the slottssekreterar [ castle secretary ] Ericus Benedicti Schroderus ( Erik Benedict Schroder ), who was the brother of Lars Bengtsson Skytte and Johan Skytte. His new wife had previously been married to the professor at Uppsala University, Sveno Jonae Westrogothus. All the children of the second marriage died in infancy but the first marriage bore fifteen children. Daughters married Leijel, Gyldenbring and Silfverström. A son, Jacob, was smothered to death by his nurse.

Three other sons were married. Claes Edenberg was a holmmajor [ shipyard master ] and married Rosenfelt with whom he had two daughters, who married Mentzer and Stålhandske. Mathias Edenberg (1640–1709) was a legation secretary in England and the Netherlands. His first marriage was with Lilljemarck, but his only children came from his second marriage with a Clo, whose mother was a Björnklou. Mattias Edenberg's only son died infancy but he also had two daughters. Catharina was married to his relative on the mother's side, Jakob Benzelius, the Archbishop of Uppsala. Her younger sister was engaged to marry his brother Gustaf Benzelstierna but, according to Gabriel Anrep, "allowed herself to lie down by a rider" [ lät under tiden lägra sig af en Ryttare ] for which she was however pardoned by the King of Sweden, Frederick I. Claes and Mattias Edenberg's brother Herman Edenberg was a district judge who died childless. The dynasty therefore ended in 1715 on the "sword side" [ svärdssidan = without any male heirs ] with Herman Edenberg.

In modern times, the surname has been borne, with any connection with this noble family, by 50 persons in Sweden (2014).

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