The House of Budberg is a prominent and ancient Baltic German noble family which originated in

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History

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, the first document about the family appeared in 1003, with the name of ''Cuno von Budberg''. One of his noble descendants emigrated to

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in the 13th century and established the Baltic-German branch. Members of the family held the title of

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von Budberg-Bönninghausen in the

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and

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Notable members

Andreas Eberhard von Budberg Andreas Eberhard Freiherr von Budberg-Bönninghausen (; 10 August 1750 – 1 September 1812) was a Baltic German diplomat who served as the foreign minister of the Russian Empire from 1806 to 1807. Biography Born into the Baltic German noble ...

(1750–1812), Russian diplomat * Karl Ludwig von Budberg (1775–1829), Russian general * Andrey Fedorovich von Budberg (1817–1881), Russian diplomat * Moura von Budberg ( 1891–1974), Russian-British double spy * Peter Alekseevich von Budberg (1903–1972), Russian-American sinologist {{surname