The Bernstorff family is an old and distinguished German-Danish noble family which originated in Mecklenburg, Germany, dating back to 1300 with Johannes dictus de Bernardestorpe.Familie von Bernstorff https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10003445?page=178,179 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 (1649–1726), Hanoverian minister who accompanied George I to Britain when he became King Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff (1712–1772), Danish statesman Andreas Peter Bernstorff (1735–1797), Danish state minister Christian Günther von Bernstorff (1769–1835), Danish and Prussian statesman Joachim Frederik von Bernstorff (1771–1835), Danish statesman Albrecht von Bernstorff (1809–1873), diplomat, Prussian Foreign Minister (1861–1862) Andreas von Bernstorff (1811–1864), Danish military officer Berthold von Bernstorff (1842–1917), German politician and owner of Schiermonnikoog Percy von Bernstorff (1858–1930), German public official Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff (1862–1939), German diplomat Georg Ernst von Bernstorff (1870–1939), German politician Albrecht von Bernstorff (1890–1945), German diplomat and resistance fighter
See also Bernstorff Palace Bernstorff Fjord Bernstorff Glacier
References
External links
Bernstorff family website (in German) Slægten Bernstorff (in Danish)