FIFE, DONAT [SSNE 4846]

Surname

FIFE, FYF, PFEIF, FEIF, FEIFF, ADLERSTOLPE

First name

DONAT, DONALD [3]

Title/rank

Nationality

SCOTO-SWEDISH

Region

Social status

NOBILITY

Education

Religion

Text source

Donat Fife was the third person in Sweden to bear that name. He was the son of Donat jr.[SSNE 4691] and his wife Maria Insen, and the grandson of Donat Fife [SSNE 782]. He lived from 1682-1729. Donat 3 became ennobled under the name of Adlerstolp in 1727. He served as a gentleman of the house of nobility in Stockholm. His brother Lt. Colonel Christoffer [SSNE 4930] was ennobled as Ehrensparre. His other brother, Jakob [SSNE 7281] was a Stockholm merchant.

Svensk Biografisk Lexicon, vol. 15, pp.507-511; Svenska Man och Kvinnor (8 vols., Stockholm, 1942-1955), II, p.502; G. Elgenstierna, Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol. 1, pp.676-677; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden,(Edinburgh, 1907), p.216.

Service record

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM

Arrived 1700-01-01

Departed 1729-12-31

Capacity RIDDARHUSKAMMAR, purpose CIVIC