Peter Estenberg
Peter Estenberg (also known as Peter von Estenberg and Petrus Estenberg) lived in the late 17th - early 18th century and was a member of the Swedish nobility of the house of Estenberg, a noted scholar, and an ambassador to Poland. His family coat of arms is displayed in the Riddarhuset in Stockholm. In the early 18th century, Peter Estenberg became an advisor to Poland's King Stanislaw (Stanisław Leszczyński). Peter Estenberg was also a master of Greek language, a tutor to the Swedish royal family, and a professor of Greek studies and Philosophy at the University of Lund, and later the rector of Jamshog and Nasum's parishes. Biography Peter Estenberg was born in Stockholm in the late 17th century. The Swedish Biographical Dictionary places his birth date as 3 June 1686. However his coat of arms, displayed on the wall of the Riddarhuset in Stockholm places his first date of admission as 1719 (the date that he was appointed as professor at the University of Lund). Peter Estenberg's father, Per Olofsson, also known as Peter, was a chamberlain. Per Olofsson later took the name von Estenberg when he was ennobled. Per's wife, Peter Estenberg's mother, was Elsa Bengtsdotter Balck. When