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{{Short description|Swedish noble family}}
[[File:Arms of the house of Bonde (1).svg|alt=|thumb|181x181px|The arms of House Bonde]]
[[File:Arms of the house of Bonde af Björnö.svg|thumb|181x181px|The arms of comital branch, Bonde af Björnö]]

The '''House of Bonde''' is along with the houses of [[Bielke]] and [[Natt och Dag]], one of the oldest surviving Swedish [[noble family|noble families]].<ref name=riks>{{Cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=17914#KallorOchLitteratur |title=Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon |language=Swedish |last=Carlsson |first=G. |date= |website=riksarkivet.se |publisher=Riksarkivet |access-date=24 October 2024 |quote=}}</ref> The earliest attested nobleman who is known to have carried the name ''Bonde'' was Torer Bonde, who served as witness during the confirmation of a donation to the abbey at [[Vreta Abbey|Vreta]] in either 1282 or 1286.

However, the most conclusively proven ancestors of the house were the brothers Tord Bonde (Petersson) and Erengisle Petersson (Bonde), who lived in the early 1300s.<ref name=riks /> Tord is attested to have been made a squire in 1310, then a [[knight]] in 1316 after which he joined the rebellion to oust King [[Birger, King of Sweden|Birger Magnusson]] from the throne. Tord was among the delegates sent to sue for peace with Birger once he fled to the court of his brother-in-law King [[Eric VI of Denmark|Eric VI]] of [[Denmark]]. He was also present at the council of lords who sentenced the former king's son [[Magnus Birgersson (1300–1320)|Magnus Birgersson]] (not to be confused with the Swedish king [[Magnus Ladulås|Magnus Birgersson]]) to death.<ref name=rune1>{{Cite web |url=https://www.runeberg.org/elgenst/1/0533.html |title=Den Introducerade Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor |page=511 |language=Swedish |last=Elgenstierna |first=Gustaf |date=9 March 2024 |orig-date=1925 |website=runeberg.org |publisher=Projekt Runeberg |access-date=24 October 2024 |quote=}}</ref>

His brother Erengisle had a far less eventful life, the only thing that is known is that he was made [[squire]] in the year 1319 and remained as such until his death in 1350, and that the inheritance from him and his wife were split equally between his four children; the brothers Ragvald, Peter and Filip and their sister Ingeborg.<ref name=rune2>{{Cite web |url=https://runeberg.org/elgenst/1/0536.html |title=Den Introducerade Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor |page=514 |language=Swedish |last=Elgenstierna |first=Gustaf |date=9 March 2024 |orig-date=1925 |website=runeberg.org |publisher=Projekt Runeberg |access-date=24 October 2024 |quote=}}</ref>

Today, two branches of the family survive, both stem from the descendants of Erengisle.<ref name=riks /> The [[baron]]s of the House of Bonde which is number 20 in the [[House of Nobility (Sweden)|Swedish House of Nobility]] and the [[count]]s of the House of Bonde af Björnö, number 41.

Prominent members, bearing the name, include:
* [[Tord Bonde]] (c. 1350s&ndash;1417), medieval Swedish magnate
* [[Charles VIII of Sweden]] (Karl Knutsson Bonde) ; 1408/1409&ndash;1470), King, Charles I of Norway
* [[Magdalena of Sweden]] (1445&ndash;1495), Princess
* [[Gustaf Bonde (1620–1667)|Gustaf Bonde]] (1620&ndash;1667), Swedish statesman
* [[Wilhelmina Bonde]] (1817&ndash;1899), Swedish courtier
* [[Carl Bonde]] (1872&ndash;1957), Swedish Army officer, [[equerry]]
**[[Carl C:son Bonde]] (1897&ndash;1990), Swedish Army officer
**[[Thord Bonde]] (1900&ndash;1969), Swedish Army officer
*[[Gustaf Bonde (1911–1977)|Gustaf Bonde]] (1911–1977), Swedish diplomat

==See also==
* ''Bonde'', one of the four estates of the Swedish [[Riksdag of the Estates]]

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