What is "stockfleth"

Stockfleth (de Stockfleth/von Stockfleth) is a Dano- Norwegian noble family. The family descends from the merchant Eggert Stockfleth (dead 1638 at Bragernes), originally from Haderslev in Denmark, but moved to Norway at the start of the 17th century. According to an old unconfirmed tradition he is supposed to descend from an old noble family, and three branches of the family was naturalised as a part of the Danish nobility in 1779, based on a claim that the family had been noble since the time of Valdemar III. Two other branches of the family had been recognized as noble in the Danish order of precedence since the early 17th century.

Eggert Stockfleth was the father of the prominent brothers Henning, Jacob and Hans Stockfleth.