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The House of Lehndorff is the name of an old German noble family from former East Prussia, first recorded in 1236. Members of the family occupied many important military positions within the Kingdom of Prussia. They held the title of Imperial Count, granted to them on 23 February 1687 by Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor.^[1]

Notable members

Meinhard von Lehndorff (1590–1639), Landrat of Rastenburg
Gerhard Ahasverus Graf von Lehndorff (1637–1688), author
Ernst Ahasverus Graf von Lehndorff (1688–1727)
Ernst Ahasverus Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff (1727–1811), Royal Prussian Kammerherr
Karl Friedrich Ludwig Graf von Lehndorff (1770–1854), Prussian General of the Napoleonic Wars
Heinrich Graf Ahasverus Otto Magnus von Lehndorff (1829–1905), Generaladjutant of Kaiser Wilhelm I
Georg Graf von Lehndorff (1833–1914), Hippologist
Siegfried Graf Lehndorff (1869–1956), Hippologist, head of Trakehner stud
Hans von Lehndorff [de] (1910–1987), surgeon and author
Manfred Graf Ahasverus Wilhelm Heinrich Bernd von Lehndorff, (1883–1962)
Heinrich Graf von Lehndorff-Steinort (1909–1944), resistance fighter
Veruschka von Lehndorff (born 1939), artist

References

^ "Counts - L".

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