Kalckreuth
Coat of arms of Kacklreuth family
Kalckreuth is the name of an ancient German noble family.
History[]
The family was first mentioned in a document on December 16, 1284 with Heinricus dictus de Kalcruthe on Lyce near Dresden . Conrad von Kalckreuth appears in a document on December 6, 1286. In early 14th century, several lines appeared that spread widely throughout Silesia, but also in Lusatia, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg and Poland.
Title[]
Family members were awarded with the title of Baron in 1678 . Brothers Hans Ernst (1728-1792) and Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth, who were raised to the Prussian count status in 1786 , founded the two lines of the comital family.
Notable members[]
- Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth (1737–1818), Prussian field marshal
- Count Stanislaus von Kalckreuth (1820–1894), German landscape painter
- Count Leopold von Kalckreuth (1855–1928), German Impressionist painter
- Countess Maria von Kalckreuth (1857-1897), German painter
- Countess Tamara von Kalckreuth (born 1972), German television personality, wife of Count Alexander von Kalckreuth
- (Eva Anthes), actress
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- German noble families