Pistohlkors
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thumb|Pistolkors family coat of arms The Pistolekors family (also von Pistohlkors) is a Baltic-German noble family of Finnish origin. It is immatriculated into Swedish House of Nobility 1647 and into Finnish House of Nobility 1818. Nowadays the family still lives in Germany and Baltic States.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pistohlkors is referenced by 11 other articles, and connects out to Germany, Finland and Baltic states.
Vinony files it under Baltic-German noble families, Families of Finnish ancestry and Finnish noble families.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- nobility of Finland
- Country
- Russian Empire
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- Pistohlkorsi suguvõsa aadlivapp.jpg
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Pistohlkors family
- native label
- von Pistohlkors
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thumb|Pistolkors family coat of arms The Pistolekors family (also von Pistohlkors) is a Baltic-German noble family of Finnish origin. It is immatriculated into Swedish House of Nobility 1647 and into Finnish House of Nobility 1818. Nowadays the family still lives in Germany and Baltic States.
== History == The progenitor of the family was a soldier Yrjänä Ollinpoika (Göran Olofsson) from Sääminki, who was ennobled by Queen Christina by letters patent 22 February 1645, according to the unverified story for saving the life of King Gustavus Adolphus with a pistol in Sztum 1629. His six sons became officers, Erik is the ancestor of the branch in Livonia (von Pistohlkors), Abraham became the commandant of Olavinlinna.
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