Family
22 July 1645 married 1stly Baroness Brita Horn of Åminne (died 1685).
- Children
- Count Gustaf Stenbock (1646–1672)
- Beata Stenbock (died 1648)
- Sigrid Stenbock (died 1648)
- Christina Katharina Stenbock (1649–1719), married Swedish statesman and Governor-General of Estonia Anders Torstenson.
- Magdalena Katharina Stenbock (1652–1676), married Gustaf Mauritz Lewenhaupt
- Count Carl Otto Stenbock (1653–1697), married baroness Margareta Soop of Limingo
1 June 1658 married 2ndly Gothenburg countess Christina Catharine De la Gardie (1632–1704), daughter of Field Marshal and Count Jakob De la Gardie (1583–1652) and Countess Ebba Brahe (1596–1674) in Göteborg and bought one of the largest estate in the Baltic area (Kolga manor, Kuusalu Parish) in Estonia from De la Gardie family with a land of 500 km².
- Children
- Brigitta Stenbock (1660–1682)
- Beata Margareta Stenbock (1661–1735), married count Gustaf Douglas (1648–1705)
- Count Erich Gustaf Stenbock (1662–1722), married Countess Johanna Eleonora De la Gardie (1661–1708)
- Count Jakob Stenbock
- Count Magnus Stenbock (1663–1717), Swedish military officer, married Eva Magdalena Oxenstierna
- Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock (1664–1729), 1684 married Freiherr Lorentz Creutz d.y.(1646–1698).
- Charlotta Maria Stenbock (1667–1740), married count Axel Johan Lewenhaupt (1660–1717).
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