The Helmersen family (earlier Helmes) was noble family which roots came from Hamburg, Germany. Helmersens lived in Sweden and Imperial Russia, including the Governorate of Livonia and Governorate of Estonia.
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In 1651, Swedish Queen Christina gave noble status to Paul and Johann Helmes and they became von Helmersen.[1]
Notable members
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edit- ^ "Aadlivapid Ajalooarhiivis". www.ra.ee (in Estonian). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
Further reading
edit- Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften, Teil 1, Livland, Bd. 2, Lfg. 9-15, Görlitz 1929, S. 816–834 (digitalized)
- Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften, Teil 2, Estland, Bd. 3, Görlitz, 1930, S. 369–370 (digitalized)
- Genealogisches Handbuch der Oeselschen Ritterschaft, Görlitz, 1935, S, 507– 509 (digitalized)
- Carl Arvid Klingspor , Ernst Bernhard Schlegel : Den med sköldebref förlänade men ej å Riddarhuset introducerade Svenska Adelns Ättartaflor, 1875, S. 120–121 (digitalized)
- Baltische Famgeschichtliche Mitteilungen, Neue Folge 1, 1951, Nr. 4