Manteuffel

Originally it was a surname denoting a person inclined to violent and criminal acts.

November 1287 started the German line of the family, which was one of the oldest and most distinguished one in the region of Westphalia.

By the 17th century, they bore the surname Soie, Soye, Zoege, Zoge, Szoege or, in a polonized form, Sey.

[3] At the beginning of the 17th century, there was a realization of common ancestry with the Pomeranian Manteuffles and the adoption of the surname in the form of Manteuffel-Szoege.

[3] During the Polish-Swedish War, a representative of the family, Andrew Manteuffel-Szoege, entered Polish service, as a result of which he lost his estates in Estonia and settled in Courland.