The Bernstorff family is the name of an old and distinguished

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- Danish

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which originated from

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. Members of the family held the title of Count/Countess, granted to them on 14 December 1767 by

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Notable members

Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff Andreas Gottlieb Freiherr von Bernstorff (2 March 1649 – 6 July 1726) was a German statesman and a member of the Bernstorff noble family of Mecklenburg. He was prime minister of the Electorate of Hanover from 1709 to 1714, and head of the G ...

(1649–1726), Hanoverian minister who accompanied George I to Britain when he became King *

Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (; 13 May 1712 – 18 February 1772) was a German- Danish statesman and a member of the Bernstorff noble family of Mecklenburg. He was the son of Joachim Engelke ''Freiherr'' von Bernstorff, chamberl ...

(1712–1772), Danish statesman *

Andreas Peter Bernstorff Andreas Peter Bernstorff (28 August 173521 June 1797), also known as Andreas Peter Graf von Bernstorff, was a Danish diplomat and Foreign Minister. He was a guardian of civil and political liberty. Background and early career Bernstorff was bo ...

(1735–1797), Danish state minister *

Christian Günther von Bernstorff Count Christian Günther von Bernstorff (; 3 April 1769 – 18 March 1835) was a Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat. Early life and career Bernstorff was born in Copenhagen on 3 April 1769 to Count Andreas Peter von Bernstorff. He was e ...

(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 Johann Heinrich Graf von Bernstorff (14 November 1862 – 6 October 1939) was a German politician and German Ambassador to the United States, ambassador to the United States from 1908 to 1917. Early life Born in 1862 in London, he was the so ...

(1862–1939), German diplomat * Georg Ernst von Bernstorff (1870–1939), German politician * Albrecht von Bernstorff, German diplomat and resistance fighter

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Bernstorff family website
(in German)
Slægten Bernstorff
(in Danish) * {{Authority control Danish noble families German noble families Mecklenburgian nobility Danish people of German descent

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