Bernstorff
The Bernstorff family is an old and distinguished German-Danish noble family which originated in Mecklenburg, Germany, dating back to 1300 with Johannes dictus de Bernardestorpe. Members of the family held the title of Count/Countess, granted to them on 14 December 1767 by King Christian VII of Denmark.
01Notable members
- Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff (1649-1726), Hanoverian minister who accompanied George I to Britain when he became King
- Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (1712-1772), Danish statesman
- Andreas Peter Bernstorff (1735-1797), Danish state minister
- Christian Günther von Bernstorff (1769-1835), Danish and Prussian statesman
- Joachim Frederik von Bernstorff (1771-1835), Danish statesman
- Albrecht von Bernstorff (1809-1873), diplomat, Prussian Foreign Minister (1861-1862)
- Andreas von Bernstorff (1811-1864), Danish military officer
- Berthold von Bernstorff (1842-1917), German politician and owner of Schiermonnikoog
- Percy von Bernstorff (1858-1930), German public official
- Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff (1862-1939), German diplomat
- Georg Ernst von Bernstorff (1870-1939), German politician
- Albrecht von Bernstorff (1890-1945), German diplomat and resistance fighter
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- Bernstorff Graefliches Wappen.jpg by J G Tiedemann, Public domain
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