Schulenburg (surname)

The House of Schulenburg is the name of an old German noble family that goes back to 13th century. Members of the family held the title of Imperial Count. They had multiple political and military roles in the history of Germany and Great Britain.

Notable members

 * Adolph Friedrich von der Schulenburg (1685–1741), Prussian lieutenant general during the First Silesian War
 * Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg (1865–1939), German generalmajor during World War I and SS-Obergruppenführer
 * Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg (1902–1944), German government official and anti-Hitler conspirator
 * Friedrich Albrecht von der Schulenburg (1772–1853), Saxon diplomat
 * Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1875–1944), German diplomat and anti-Hitler conspirator
 * Gunther von der Schulenburg (1865–1939), German aristocrat, soldier and LGBT-activist
 * Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661–1747), German mercenary, aristocrat, and Rococo art collector
 * Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal (1667–1743), mistress of King George I of Great Britain
 * Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham (1693–1778), natural daughter of Melusine von der Schulenburg and George I of Great Britain
 * Wilibald von Schulenburg (1847–1934), German landscape artist
 * Wolfardine von Minutoli (born Wolfardine von der Schulenburg) (1794–1864), German Egyptologist and writer