Mannerheim (family)

[1] (number 18 in the register of the Finnish House of Nobility) The family descends from a German businessman and mill owner, Henrik Marhein (1618–1667), who emigrated to Gävle, Sweden.

His son, an artillery colonel and a mill supervisor, Johan Augustin Mannerheim (1706–1778), was raised to the rank of Baron at the same time with his brother in 1768.

Born in Säter, Carl Erik was part of the Anjala League, an opposition movement during the reign of Gustav III of Sweden.

[2][3] He served as Vice-President of the Senate of Finland's Economic Department (i.e., de facto head of government), and Governor of Turku and Pori provinces.

He was given the hereditary title of Count (in Finnish Kreivi, in Swedish Greve) in 1824 and introduced in 1825.