The House of Schulenburg is the name of an old German noble family that goes back to 13th century. Members of the family held the title of

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. They had multiple political and military roles in the history of

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Notable members

* Adolph Friedrich von der Schulenburg (1685–1741), Prussian lieutenant general during the First Silesian War * Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg (1865–1939), German generalmajor during World War I and '' SS-Obergruppenführer'' *

Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg Fritz-Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg (5 September 1902 – 10 August 1944) was a German government official and a member of the German Resistance in the 20 July Plot against Adolf Hitler. Personal development Schulenburg was born in Lon ...

(1902–1944), German government official and anti-

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conspirator * Friedrich Albrecht von der Schulenburg (1772–1853), Saxon diplomat *

Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg Friedrich-Werner Erdmann Matthias Johann Bernhard Erich Graf von der Schulenburg (20 November 1875 – 10 November 1944) was a German diplomat who served as the last German ambassador to the Soviet Union before Operation Barbarossa, the German a ...

(1875–1944), German diplomat and anti-Hitler conspirator * Gunther von der Schulenburg (1865–1939), German aristocrat, soldier and LGBT-activist *

Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg Marshal Johann Matthias Reichsgraf von der Schulenburg (8 August 1661 – 14 March 1747) was a German aristocrat and general of Brandenburg-Prussian background who served in the Saxon and Venetian armies in the early 18th century and found a se ...

(1661–1747), German mercenary, aristocrat, and

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art collector * Ludwig von Schulenburg-Oeynhausen (1699-1754), Imperial general and diplomat during the

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* Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal (1667–1743), mistress of King

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* Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham (1693–1778), natural daughter of Melusine von der Schulenburg and

* Michael von der Schulenburg (born 1948), German diplomat and politician,

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(since 2024) * Wilibald von Schulenburg (1847–1934), German landscape artist * Wolfardine von Minutoli (born Wolfardine von der Schulenburg) (1794–1864), German Egyptologist and writer

Notable members

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