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.

Notable 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

See also

• Bernstorff Palace
• Bernstorff Fjord
• Bernstorff Glacier

References

External links

• 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