Bernstorff



The Bernstorff family is the name of an old and distinguished German-Danish noble family which originated from Mecklenburg, Germany. 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 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
 * 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