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Stamp with a portrait of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
File:Reichsgrafenstands-Diplom Schenk von Stauffenberg 1785.jpg
Patent awarding the title of Imperial Count to Anton Schenk von Stauffenberg by Emperor Joseph II, 1785

The Schenk von Stauffenberg family is a noble (Uradel) Roman Catholic family from Swabia in Germany. The family's best-known recent member was Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg – the key figure in the 1944 "20 July plot" to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

History

The recorded history of the Schenk von Stauffenberg family begins in Swabia in the 13th century, when the family, who belonged to the Reichsrittern (Imperial Knights), originated from the settlement Cell, where they owned extensive estates surrounding the village and the Zollerberg.

Its first known member is mentioned in 1251 as Wernherus Pincerna de Celle, who in 1255 was appointed to the ceremonial court office of Schenk (de) (cup-bearer, sommelier, butler) with the Counts of Zollern. The officeholder was in charge of his lord's wine cellars and vineyards, and when the office of Schenk later became hereditary within the family, the title was adopted into the family name.

Surnames were appended according to the officeholder's place of residence, and so the family name varied between Schenk von Zell, Schenk von Neuenzell, Schenk von Andeck, Schenk von Erpfingen and Schenk von Stauffenberg. By the end of the 15th century, the family's permanent name was Schenk von Stauffenberg, which refers to Burg Stauffenberg, a former castle situated by a small cone-shaped mountain of the same name between the small town of Hechingen and its suburb Rangendingen in Land Württemberg. A tradition in the family also associates it with the Staufen dynasty.

The Stauffenbergs rose in the world in 1698 when Emperor Leopold I conferred upon the brothers Maximilian Gottfried and Johann Philipp the hereditary title of Reichsfreiherr (Imperial Baron). The family was later split into four branches: the Katzensteiner, Bacher, Wilflinger and Amerdinger ones. The former two became extinct during the 18th century, while a member of the Wilflinger branch was raised to the rank of hereditary Reichsgraf (Imperial Count) by Emperor Leopold II in 1785. Since the Wilflinger branch also became extinct in 1833, only the baronial Amerdinger branch remained. All now living members of the family are descendants of the brothers Franz Ludwig and Friedrich of the Amerdinger branch. Franz Ludwig was made a hereditary Graf (Count) in the Kingdom of Bavaria by King Ludwig II. Since then, there exist two sub-branches: one which holds the title of Count and one which bears the title of Imperial Baron.

In the 16th century, the Stauffenberg family acquired the Amerdingen castle near Nördlingen through marriage. Before that, the Stauffenbergs were owners of Wilflingen and Jettingen. Over the course of the years, further estates were added to the family's possessions, such as Schloss Greifenstein and Schloss Burggrub in Heiligenstadt near Bamberg, the Lautlingen castle near Ebingen on the southern slopes of the Schwäbische Alb, Schloss Rißtissen some twenty kilometers south of Ulm, and the Straßberg and Wildentierberg estates in Lautlingen near Albstadt.

After 1918, when the constitution of the Weimar Republic abolished all noble titles in Germany and declared them to be part of the family name, the family came to have two names in order to preserve the former titles of Schenk, Graf (Count) and Freiherr (Baron) as parts of the surnames.

Since the title of Schenk is considered to be of superior rank due to being a hereditary office title, it is placed before the noble title, which in turn is placed before the surname. The correct versions of the family's surnames are thus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and Schenk Freiherr von Stauffenberg respectively. Two of the family's members also served as Prince-Bishops – of Bamberg (Marquard Sebastian), and of Augsburg and Konstanz (Johann Franz) – and thus they used the title of Fürst (Prince) instead of their other noble titles. chad

Notable family members

  • Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg (14 May 1644 – 9 Oct 1693)
  • Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg (1658–1740)
  • Freiherr Adam Friedrich Schenk von Stauffenberg (7 Mar 1767 – 4 May 1808) married Charlotte Freiin von Harff (6 Oct 1777 – 13 Sep 1839)
    • Graf Franz Ludwig Schenk von Stauffenberg (13 May 1801 – 8 May 1881) married Eleonore Gräfin Butler von Clonebough (20 Sep 1807 – 5 Feb 1861)
      • Anna Grafin von Stauffenberg (1 Mar 1825 – 3 Sep 1852) married Karl Alexander Graf von Seinsheim (15 Oct 1823 – 3 Sep 1852)
      • Klemens Graf Stauffenberg (12 Aug 1826 – 16 Nov 1886) married Leopoldine Grafin von Oberndorff (18 Oct 1831 – 7 May 1919)
        • Gabriele Grafin von Stauffenberg (24 Dec 1857 – 4 Jan 1946)
        • Berthold Graf Stauffenberg (21 Aug 1859 – 9 Nov 1944) married Maria Theresia Frn Groß von Trockau (11 Feb 1860 – 19 Dec 1943)
          • Klemens Graf Stauffenberg (2 Jun 1885 – 10 Feb 1949) married Elisabeth Frn von und zu Guttenberg (20 Apr 1891 – 24 Feb 1946)
            • Marie Gabriele Gfn Stauffenberg (born 18 Jul 1914)
            • Karl Berthold Graf Stauffenberg (24 Feb 1918 – 1 Dec 1941)
            • Markwart Graf Stauffenberg (born 7 Mar 1921) married Anna Edle von Rauscher auf Weeg (born 13 Dec 1923)
              • Elisabeth Gfn Stauffenberg (born 9 Nov 1948) married Alexander Nette (born 24 Aug 1946)
              • Marie Gfn Stauffenberg (born 31 Mar 1950) married Edward Lee Williams (born 23 Jul 1955)
              • Karl Berthold Graf Stauffenberg (born 19 Aug 1951) married Irina Lampe (born 10 Oct 1965)
              • Franz Graf Stauffenberg (born 22 Jun 1954) married Alda Balestra (born 14 Aug 1954) married (2nd) April Elizabeth Lamm (born 12.April.1971)
              • Georg Graf Stauffenberg (born 6 Dec 1957) married Christiane Philippi (born 17 May 1963)
              • Philipp Graf Stauffenberg (born 31 Dec 1960) married (1st) Anette Peterson (born 20 Dec 1961) married (2nd) Marion Stoof (born 2 Aug 1964)
            • Otto Graf Stauffenberg (born 28 Oct 1926) married Oculi Frn von Lerchenfeld (born 4 Mar 1923)
              • Christoph Graf Stauffenberg (born 1 Aug 1950) married Monika Gfn von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg (born 22 Mar 1961)
              • Maria Gfn Stauffenberg (born 13 Dec 1951) married Louis-Ferdinand Graf von Zech sonst von Burckersroda (born 6 Aug 1944)
              • Alexander Graf Stauffenberg (born 10 Mar 1954) married Maria-Anna Gfn von Quadt zu Wykradt und Isny (born 8 Apr 1960)
              • Isabell Gfn Stauffenberg (born 10 Mar 1954)
          • Leopoldine Grafin von Stauffenberg (29 Jul 1887 – 28 Apr 1975) married Philipp Graf von Ingelheim gen. Echter von und zu Mespelbrunn (7 Mar 1883 – 14 Sep 1933)
          • Markwart Graf Stauffenberg (12 May 1889 – 4 Apr 1975) married Olga Böhl de Liagre (09 May 1899 – 1 Dec 1973)
            • Delia Grafin von Stauffenberg (4 Mar 1919 – 2012) married Karl Friedrich Fst zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Oettingen-Wallerstein (23 May 1917 – 30 Mar 1991)
            • Marie Agnes Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 14 Dec 1920) married Hans Heinrich Linden
            • Alexandra Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 9 May 1922) married Rolf Staelin (9 Jun 1913 – 19 Feb 1985)
            • Alfred Graf Stauffenberg (born 28 Jul 1923) married Gioia Gfn von Hochberg, Frn zu Fürstenstein (born 11 Oct 1934)
              • Maria Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 9 May 1955) married Conrad Schloesser (born 14 Oct 1944)
              • Clemens Graf Stauffenberg (born 20 May 1958) married Bettina Scherping (born 11 Mar 1952)
              • Bolko Graf Stauffenberg (born 30 Jul 1964)
            • Edwin Graf Stauffenberg (born 17 Nov 1924) married Ruth von Merck (born 17 Feb 1925)
              • Kenneth Graf Stauffenberg (born 29 Dec 1949) married Anna Happel (born 4 Aug 1946)
                • Mark Graf Stauffenberg (born 8 Feb 1968) married Natasha Conlon (born 18 Nov 1971)
                  • Lorcan Graf Stauffenberg (born 13 Sep 2003)
            • Klemens Graf Stauffenberg (13 Aug 1929 – 30 Dec 1987) married Clementine Gfn Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (born 5 Aug 1937)
              • Alexandra Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 25 May 1960) married Karl Friedrich Erbpr von Hohenzollern (born 20 Apr 1952)
              • Claus Graf Stauffenberg (born 28 Apr 1964)
              • Clarissa Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 30 Jun 1965) married Friedrich-Christian Frhr von Elverfeldt-Ulm (born 27 Dec 1960)
          • Irma Grafin von Stauffenberg (13 Apr 1898 – 28 Sep 1932) married Otto Frhr Groß von Trockau (*Würzburg 10 Nov 1890, +Trockau 21 Feb 1957)
        • Alfred Graf Stauffenberg (27 Sep 1860 – 20 Jan 1936) married Caroline Grafin von Üxküll-Gyllenband (7 Apr 1875 – 3 Jun 1956)
          • Berthold Graf Stauffenberg (15 Mar 1905 – 10 Aug 1944) married Maria Classen (5 Feb 1900 – 13 Sep 1977)
            • Alfred Graf Stauffenberg (8 Nov 1937 – 28 Oct 1987) married Marie Sophie Schenk Frn von Stauffenberg (born 23 Sep 1937)
              • Berthold Graf Stauffenberg (born 26 May 1963) married Maria Carabias (born 17 Jul 1961)
              • Philippe Graf Stauffenberg(born 17 May 1964) married Bettina Baatz (born 6 Sep 1966)
                • Isabel Grafin Stauffenberg (born 20 Sept 1998)
                • Olivia Grafin Stauffenberg (born 5 April 2000)
                • Mafalda Grafin Stauffenberg (born 14. March 2003)
                • Klara Grafin Stauffenberg (born 14 June 2005)
              • Alexander Graf Stauffenberg (born 8 Feb 1967) married ? ?
            • Elisabeth Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 13 Jun 1939) married Count Piero Roberti (born 26 Dec 1935)
          • Alexander Graf Stauffenberg (15 Mar 1905 – 27 Jan 1964) married1 Melitta Schiller (9 Jan 1903- – 8 Apr 1945), married2 Marlene Hoffmann (born 10 Jul 1913)
          • Claus Graf Stauffenberg (15 Nov 1907 – 20 Jul 1944) married Nina Frn von Lerchenfeld (27 Aug 1913 – 2 Apr 2006)
            • Berthold Graf Stauffenberg (born 3 Jul 1934) married Mechthild Grafin von Bentzel-Sturmfeder-Horneck (born 27 Jan 1938)
              • Claus Graf Stauffenberg (born 1 Jun 1959) married Maryam Zahedi (born 31 Jan 1962)
                • Valerie Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 17 Feb 1992)
              • Sebastian Graf Stauffenberg (born 2 Dec 1961)
              • Gottfried Graf Stauffenberg (born 8 Oct 1964)
            • Heimeran Graf Stauffenberg (born 9 Jul 1936)
            • Franz Ludwig Graf Stauffenberg (born 4 May 1938) married Elisabeth Frn von und zu Guttenberg (born 5 Jul 1944)
              • Hans Graf Stauffenberg (born 3 Mar 1966) married Maria Grafin von Waldburg zu Zeil und Hohenems (born 29 Aug 1964)
              • Valerie Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 4 Jun 1968) married Marcus von Mauchenheim gen. Bechtolsheim (born 31 Oct 1958)
              • Maximilian Graf Stauffenberg (born 27 Oct 1970) married Harriet von Randow (born 27 Nov 1974)
              • Maria Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 2 Sep 1982)
            • Valerie Grafin von Stauffenberg (15 Nov 1940 – 4 Jun 1966) married Heino von l'Estocq (born 6 Apr 1935)
            • Konstanze Grafin von Stauffenberg (born 27 Jan 1945) married Dietrich von Schultheiß-Rechberg (born 13 Oct 1937)
          • Konrad Graf Stauffenberg (15 Nov 1907 – 16 Nov 1907)
        • Friedrich Graf Stauffenberg (11 Feb 1862 – 3 Sep 1882)
        • Philipp Graf Stauffenberg (12 May 1864 – 29 Jul 1945) married Marie Schönhofen (2 Jun 1875 – ?? Feb 1959)
          • Maria Grafin von Stauffenberg (28 Sep 1905 – 2 Mar 1940) married Adalbert Graf Kottulinsky, Frhr von Kottulin und Krzizkowitz (born 27 Mar 1904)
        • Maria Grafin von Stauffenberg (23 Oct 1867 – 9 Apr 1875)
      • Philipp Graf Stauffenberg (24 Nov 1828 – 11 Jul 1895) married Karoline Przn Lobkowitz (29 Apr 1835 – 5 Mar 1881)
        • Franz Graf Stauffenberg (25 Sep 1861 – 27 Jun 1907) married Konstanze Grafin von Prokesch (9 Nov 1861 – 28 Oct 1921)
        • Lory Grafin von Stauffenberg (22 Apr 1862 – 22 Apr 1862)
        • Eleonore Grafin von Stauffenberg (8 Jul 1864 – 8 Jul 1864)
        • Marie Grafin von Stauffenberg (8 Jul 1864 – 24 Feb 1909)
        • Brooke Caroline Burnadette Grafin von Stauffenberg ( 21 Apr 2003 )
        • Eberhard Graf Stauffenberg (19 May 1866 – 10 Sep 1917) married Luise Grafin von Terlago (12 Aug 1869 – 22 Aug 1952)
        • Klemens Graf Stauffenberg (10 Jul 1869 – 1 Aug 1890)
      • Charlotte Grafin von Stauffenberg (17 Apr 1831 – 2 Aug 1891) married Anton von Bösmiller
      • Albrecht Graf Stauffenberg (31 Aug 1836 – 25 Jan 1837)
    • Friedrich Schenk Freiherr von Stauffenberg (23 Oct 1806 – 2 May 1874) married Karoline Gräfin Butler von Clonebough (31 Jan 1812 – 6 Nov 1879)

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