Bernstorff
The Bernstorff family is the name of an old and distinguished German-Danish noble family which originated from Mecklenburg, Germany. Members of the family held the title of Count/Countess, granted to them on 14 December 1767 by King Christian VII of Denmark.
Notable members
- Andreas Gottlieb von Bernstorff, Hanoverian minister who accompanied George I to Britain when he became King
- Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish statesman
- Andreas Peter Bernstorff, Danish state minister
- Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish and Prussian statesman
- Joachim Frederik Bernstorff, Danish statesman
- Albrecht von Bernstorff, diplomat, Prussian Foreign Minister
- Andreas Bernstorff, Danish military officer
- Berthold von Bernstorff, German politician and owner of Schiermonnikoog
- Percy von Bernstorff, German public official
- Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff, German diplomat
- Georg Ernst von Bernstorff, German politician
- Albrecht von Bernstorff, German diplomat and resistance fighter