House Rudebeck

Rudebeck is an introduced Swedish noble house (no. 872) whose recorded history is associated with the seventeenth century and the bureaucratic–military culture of the Swedish state. Genealogical reference works typically note that while medieval Danish families of similar name existed, no proven link has been established between those and the Swedish introduced house; the Swedish Rudebeck line is instead treated on its own documented footing.

Within the Coley–Vachell narrative, Rudebeck enters through one of the three strategic Swedish marriages that anchored Françoise Vachell's descendants into multiple titled lines. Hedvig Leijoncrona's sister Eleonora (1700–1770) married Captain Tomas Georg Rudebeck, bringing the Vachell-derived line into the Rudebeck house-history recorded at the Riddarhuset.

In class terms the house is also recorded as having been placed within the re-established "riddarklassen" in the late eighteenth century—an administrative detail that reflects the formal stratification within the introduced nobility itself. For the present Lord of Coley's family history, Rudebeck is therefore both a genealogical connection and a reminder of how Swedish noble identity was continuously organised and re-organised by record, rank, and service.

Further Reading:

• Riddarhuset (MINERVA): Rudebeck (no. 872).
• Elgenstierna, Gustaf (ed.). Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor.
• Adelsvapen-Wiki: Rudebeck nr 872.