The Künsberg family was an old German noble family of

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s from the

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and

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History

The Künsberg family took its name from Künsberg near

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and was directly related to the

House of Sparneck The Sparneck family was an old German nobility, German noble family from Franconia. History The family is known to exist from 1223 to 1744 and was named after the market village of Sparneck. One of their first castles was the Waldsteinburg; fur ...

. Members of the family held the title of

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, granted to them in 1690.

Notable members

* Antonietta Cornelia von Künsberg (1812-1862),

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n beauty appeared in the

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gathered by

Ludwig I of Bavaria Ludwig I or Louis I (; 25 August 1786 – 29 February 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the German revolutions of 1848–49, 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As ki ...

* Caroline von Künsberg (1815-1859), Bavarian beauty appeared in the Gallery of Beauties gathered by Ludwig I of

* (1881–1941), legal historian * (1909–1945), Nazi diplomat

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kunsberg German noble families Franconian nobility

History

Notable members

See also

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