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The Schenk von Stauffenberg family is a Roman Catholic Uradel German noble family from Swabia, 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 .
Stauffenberg was born in Stauffenberg Castle, Jettingen on 15 November 1907 and baptised as Claus Philipp Maria Justinian. [1] [2] [3] Born into the ancient House of Stauffenberg, he was the third of four sons of Count Alfred Schenk von Stauffenberg (1860–1936), the last Oberhofmarschall of the Kingdom of Württemberg and his wife, Countess Caroline von Üxküll-Gyllenband (1875–1956), the ...
Countess Nina von Stauffenberg (German: Elisabeth Magdalena Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg; born Elisabeth Magdalena Freiin von Lerchenfeld on 27 August 1913 – died 2 April 2006) was the wife of Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, the leader of the failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. Following the plot's failure ...
Stauffenberg (in German: Schenk von Stauffenberg) is the name of a Southern-German noble family, titled with Count and Imperial Baron (Reichsfreiherr). Famous for Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, the would-be assassin of Hitler in the failed attempt of July 20 1944 plot (July 20 plot) in which also his elder brother Berthold took part.
Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg [A 1] (born 3 July 1934) is a German retired Bundeswehr general. Early in his career, he commanded Germany's largest military base. Early in his career, he commanded Germany's largest military base.
Franz-Ludwig Gustav Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg is the third son of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg. Through his mother, he is a fourth cousin of King Charles III of the United Kingdom. He married Elisabeth Freiin von und zu Guttenberg, born in Pähl on 5 July 1944, on 25 May 1965 in Guttenberg.
Melitta Schenk Gräfin [1] von Stauffenberg (née Schiller; 3 January 1903 - 8 April 1945 [2]) was a German aviator who served as a test pilot in the Luftwaffe before and during World War II. She was the second German woman to be awarded the honorary title of Flugkapitän (English: flight captain ) and also flew over 2,500 test flights in dive ...
Berthold Alfred Maria Schenk Graf [A 1] von Stauffenberg (15 March 1905 – 10 August 1944) was a German aristocrat and lawyer who was a key conspirator in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944, alongside his younger brother, Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. After the plot failed, Berthold was tried and executed by the ...