Bernstorff
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Bernstorff is a German
-Danish
noble family
of Mecklenburg
ian origin. Notable members of the family include:
Germany
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-Danish
Denmark
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noble family
Nobility
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of Mecklenburg
Mecklenburg
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ian origin. Notable members of the family include:
- Albrecht von BernstorffAlbrecht von BernstorffAlbrecht Graf von Bernstorff was a Prussian statesman.Bernstorff was born at the estate Dreilützow , in the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin...
(1809–1873) diplomat, Prussian Foreign Minister (1861–1862) - Albrecht von Bernstorff (1890-1945), German diplomat and resistance fighter
- Andreas Bernstorff (1811–1864), Danish military officer
- Andreas Gottlieb von BernstorffAndreas Gottlieb von BernstorffAndreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff, Baron von Bernstorff was prime minister of the electorate of Hanover from 1709 to 1714 and head of the German Chancery in London from 1714 to 1723....
(1649–1726), a Hanoverian minister who accompanied George I to Britain when he became King - Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (1712–1772), Danish statesman
- Johann Heinrich von BernstorffJohann Heinrich von BernstorffJohann Heinrich Graf von Bernstorff was a German politician and the ambassador to the United States and Mexico from 1908 to 1917.- Early life :...
(1862–1939), German diplomat - Andreas Peter BernstorffAndreas Peter BernstorffAndreas Peter Bernstorff was a Danish statesman and politician. He was a Danish minister, father of Christian Günther von Bernstorff, and a guardian of civil and political liberty.-Background and early career:A. P...
(1735–1797), Danish state minister - Christian Günther von BernstorffChristian Günther von BernstorffCount Christian Gunther von Bernstorff was a Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat, son of Count Andreas Peter von Bernstorff.-Biography:...
(1769–1835), Danish and Prussian statesman - Joachim Frederik Bernstorff (1771–1835), Danish statesman
- Georg Ernst von Bernstorff (1870–1939), German politician
- Percy von Bernstorff (1858–1930), German public official