Von Schantz family

The Schantz family (also spelled von Schantz) is a noble family of German origin in the Swedish and Finnish Houses of Nobility.

They are listed as Family Number 1255 by the Swedish House of Nobility, and as Number 95 by the Finnish House of Nobility.

The family was knighted in Sweden in 1693 and was immatriculated in to the Finnish nobility in 1818.

[1] Johan Eberhard Schantz (1614–1665) who was descended from Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Germany, moved to Sweden in the 1630s, becoming secretary to King Charles X Gustav.

Four of his sons by his second marriage in 1662 with Elisabeth Pfeiff (May 21, 1643 - February 10, 1729) were also in the king's service as secretary and similar positions, and all were knighted.