Von Schantz family

Members

• 1. Johan David Schantz, knighted 1681. Secretary to the Governor-General of Skane, Halland and Blekinge. His line became extinct in 1753.
• 2. Ludwig von Schantz, knighted as von Schantz January 4, 1693, Secretary of the National Archives. He married Kristina Fineman c. 1680.
• 3. Fredrik von Schantz, knighted as von Schantz January 4, 1693. He married Anna Ursula Scheffer and his descendants continue to live in Sweden.
• 4. Kristian von Schantz, knighted as von Schantz January 4, 1693. He was the Royal Recorder and Secretary. In 1680 he married Adriana Fineman. Amongst their offspring were;

• Kristian Robert von Schantz, married to Anna Margareta Weckström, by whom he had;
• Johan Filip von Schantz, Finnish composer and conductor at the Swedish Theatre in Helsinki.
• Johan Eberhard von Schantz, Finnish admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy
• * The Schantz Islands, a coral reef on the Marshall Islands, also known as Wotho was discovered by Johan Eberhard von Schantz on his circumnavigation of the globe on the Imperial Russian ship America.