Buxhoeveden family
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Buxhoeveden was a Baltic German
Baltic German
The Baltic Germans were mostly ethnically German inhabitants of the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, which today form the countries of Estonia and Latvia. The Baltic German population never made up more than 10% of the total. They formed the social, commercial, political and cultural élite in...

 family from Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

, with roots tracing to Bexhövede, Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

. In Sweden, the family is considered part of the unintroduced nobility.

Notable family members include:
  • Albert of Riga (1165–1229), third Bishop of Riga
  • Hermann of Dorpat
    Hermann of Dorpat
    Hermann of Dorpat was the first Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Dorpat within the Livonian Confederation....

     (1163–1248), first Bishop of Dorpat
  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoevden (1750–1811), Russian Infantry General
  • Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden
    Sophie Buxhoeveden
    Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden, also known as Sophia Karlovna Buxhoeveden , was a lady in waiting to Tsarina Alexandra of Russia. She was the author of three memoirs about the imperial family and about her own escape from Russia...

    (1883–1956), lady in waiting to Tsarina Alexandra of Russia
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