The Stackelberg family (Russian: Штакельберг, romanized: Stakelberg; Latvian: Štakelbergi), also spelled Stakelberg, is the name of an old and influential Baltic German noble family of German origin, represented at the Swedish,[1] Russian and Finnish houses of nobility.
[2] The family was first mentioned in 1244 in Cologne in a written document with Waldewerus de Stackelberg and in 1306 in Riga with Henricus de Stackelberg.
They were also awarded with the title of Imperial Count in 1776 and in 1786.
The title of Baron in Russian Empire was granted to them on December 7, 1854.
Different branches of the Stackelberg family use different surnames; for instance, a nobiliary particle preposition i.e. von.