The House of Kalckreuth is the name of an ancient and important German noble family that originated in

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History

The family was first mentioned in a document on December 16, 1284 with Heinricus dictus de Kalcruthe on Lyce near

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

. Conrad von Kalckreuth appears in a document on December 6, 1286. In early 14th century, several lines appeared that spread widely throughout

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, but also in

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and

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Title

Family members were awarded with the title of

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in 1678 . Brothers Hans Ernst (1728-1792) and

Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth Friedrich Adolf Graf von Kalckreuth (22 February 1737 – 10 June 1818) was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall. Kalkreuth was born in Sotterhausen near Sangerhausen. He entered the regiment of Gardes du Corps in 1752, and in 1758 was adjutant o ...

, who were raised to the

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

n count status in 1786 , founded the two lines of the comital family.

Notable members

(1737–1818), Prussian field marshal * Count Stanislaus von Kalckreuth (1820–1894), German landscape painter * Count Leopold von Kalckreuth (1855–1928), German Impressionist painter * Countess Maria von Kalckreuth (1857-1897), German painter * Countess Tamara von Kalckreuth (born 1972), German television personality, wife of Count Alexander von Kalckreuth * Countess Elfie von Kalckreuth (Eva Anthes), actress {{surname German noble families