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Kuenssberg
Kuenssberg is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include: *Ekkehard von Kuenssberg (1913–2000), Scottish physician * Joanna Kuenssberg (born 1973), British diplomat *Laura Kuenssberg (born 1976), British journalist See also * Künsberg The Künsberg family was an old German nobility, German noble family of knights from the Franconian Forest and Upper Franconia. History The Künsberg family took its name from Künsberg near Creußen and was directly related to the House of S ... {{surname Surnames of German origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Kuenssberg
Laura Juliet Kuenssberg (born 8 August 1976) is a British journalist who presents the BBC's Sunday morning politics show. She was succeeded as Political Editor of BBC News by Chris Mason. She succeeded Nick Robinson as Political Editor of BBC News in July 2015, and was the first woman to hold the position. Kuenssberg stepped down as political editor on 6 May 2022, after reporting on the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. She went on to replace Andrew Marr as the host of the BBC's weekend political interview programme, which was rebadged with the name '' Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg'' in September 2022. Kuenssberg had previously served as the BBC's chief political correspondent and was the first Business Editor of ITV News. She was also the chief correspondent for ''Newsnight'' between February 2014 and July 2015. Early life and education Laura Juliet Kuenssberg was born in Rome, Italy, on 8 August 1976 to Nick and Sally Kuenssberg. She grew up in Kelvinside, Glasgow, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekkehard Von Kuenssberg
Ekkehard von Kuenssberg CBE (; 17 December 1913 – 27 December 2000) was a German-born physician who made his career in Scotland. He was chairman and later president of the Royal College of General Practitioners and was appointed as its Wolfson Travelling Professor. Early life Kuenssberg was the son of Eberhard von Kuenssberg, a professor who taught law at the University of Heidelberg, and Katharina von Kuenssberg, a biologist.BMJ profile by Alan Large"Ekkehard von Kuenssberg Former general practitioner (b 1913; Edinburgh 1939; CBE, FRCP Ed, FRCOG, FRCGP), d 27 December 2001" Accessed 29 January 2021. Kuenssberg's German ancestry could be traced to the reign of Charlemagne."Dr Ekkehard Kuenssberg" '' The Herald'' (Glasgow), 6 January 2001. Accessed 29 January 2021. His mother was the daughter of Gustav Samson, owner of a large cloth mill in Cottbus, and Anna Goldschmidt, whose family was of Jewish origin. He was educated at Schloss Salem, Baden, under the headship of Kurt Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Kuenssberg
Joanna Kate Kuenssberg (born 1973) is a British oil executive and former diplomat who was the United Kingdom's high commissioner to Mozambique from 2014 to 2018. Early life and education Kuenssberg was born in Lima, Peru, a daughter of Nick Kuenssberg, a Scottish businessman who was working in Lima at the time, and his wife Sally Robertson. Her younger sister is Laura Kuenssberg, and they have a brother David who is executive director of finance and resources at Brighton and Hove City Council. She was educated at New College, Oxford, where she gained a BA degree in modern languages in 1995. Career She joined the Department of the Environment in 1995 and worked at the European Commission as project manager (EU enlargement) 1996–97, after which she joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). She was seconded to the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1999–2000 and to the Quai d’Orsay EU Directorate 2000–01, followed by a post at the British embassy in Paris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Künsberg
The Künsberg family was an old German nobility, German noble family of knights from the Franconian Forest and Upper Franconia. History The Künsberg family took its name from Künsberg near Creußen and was directly related to the House of Sparneck. Members of the family held the title of Freiherr, Baron, granted to them in 1690. Notable members *Antonietta Cornelia Vetterlein, Antonietta Cornelia von Künsberg (1812-1862), Bavarian beauty appeared in the Gallery of Beauties gathered by Ludwig I of Bavaria *Caroline von Holnstein, Caroline von Künsberg (1815-1859), Bavarian beauty appeared in the Gallery of Beauties gathered by Ludwig I of Kingdom of Bavaria, Bavaria * (1881–1941), legal historian * (1909–1945), Nazi diplomat See also * Kuenssberg * , derelict castle References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kunsberg German noble families Franconian nobility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Name
Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Name order, Western order" of "given name, surname". The most common exceptions are alphabetized list of surnames, e.g. "Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, Johann Sebastian", as well as some official documents and spoken southern German dialects. In most of this, the German conventions parallel the naming conventions in most of Western and Central Europe, including English name, English, Dutch name, Dutch, Italian name, Italian, and French name, French. There are some vestiges of a patronymic system as they survive in parts of Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, but these do not form part of the official name. Women traditionally adopted their husband's name upon marriage and would occasionally retain their maiden name by hyphenation, in a so-called ''Doppelna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |