The Düben family, originally Düben, is a Swedish noble family of German origin, introduced at the Swedish house of nobility.[3][4] The Düben family is predominantly famous for its contributions to music – the Düben collection – and its ties to the late reigning House of Holstein-Gottorp.[5] The "Düben collection" is preserved at the Uppsala University Library.[6] Family members use different surnames; the ennobled ones and their descendants use a nobiliary particle in their surnames, while the un-ennobled do not.

von Düben
Swedish noble family
Coat of arms granted to the von Düben family, No. 139.
Country	Sweden
Current region	Mexico, Sweden and USA[1][2]
Place of origin	Germany
Titles	Freiherr, Count

Overview

The first recorded member of the Düben family who used the name "Düben" was Michael Düben. His grandson Andreas Düben came to Sweden in 1624, where he served as organist at the German Church in Stockholm.[7] The most prominent figures in the von Düben family are Emerentia von Düben, lady-in-waiting, the favorite of Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden and Gustaf Düben, organist and composer. The latter was the main contributor to the Düben collection.[8]

Family tree

References

Cited sources

• Erik, Kjellberg (2010). The Dissemination of Music in 17th Century Europe. Celebrating the Düben Collection. ISBN 9783034300575.

External links

• Genealogy of von Düben