Bernstorff Knowpia

The Bernstorff family is the name of an old and distinguished German-Danish noble family which originated from Mecklenburg, Germany.^[1] Members of the family held the title of Count/Countess, granted to them on 14 December 1767 by King Christian VII of Denmark.^[2]

Notable members edit

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 Bernstorff (1771–1835), Danish statesman
Albrecht von Bernstorff (1809–1873), diplomat, Prussian Foreign Minister (1861–1862)
Andreas Bernstorff (1811–1864), Danish military officer
Berthold von Bernstorff (1842–1917), German politician and owner of Schiermonnikoog^[3]
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, German diplomat and resistance fighter

^ Familie von Bernstorff (in German)
^ "Counts - B".
^ F.A.J. van der Ven (1993). Een omstreden eiland (Thesis) (in German). Retrieved 8 March 2022.

Media related to Bernstorff family at Wikimedia Commons
Bernstorff family website (in German)
Slægten Bernstorff (in Danish)
Newspaper clippings about Bernstorff in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW