The Brockdorff family is an ancient Schleswig-Holsteiner noble house that belonged to German and Danish nobility.
History It first appeared in a document from 1167 where Eilwardus de Bruchthorp was mentioned by Duke Henry the Lion of Saxony. Members of the family founded Brokdorf, Holstein, now part of Germany, from where the family originated.
Titles On 24 May 1672 the family was granted the title of Lensgreve by King Christian V of Denmark heritable by masculine primogeniture, while on 3 June 1706 the family was awarded with the title of Imperial Count by Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Later, in 19th century the family also obtained the hereditary title of Count in the Kingdom of Prussia.https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_taVAAAAAcAAJ
Iuel-Brockdorff The Juel-Brockdorff branch was established on February 18, 1812, through a Danish royal decree following the marriage of Baron Carl Juel, owner of Valdemar's Castle, to Baroness Sophie Frederikke Stieglitz-Brockdorff, the sole heiress to the Barony of Scheelenborg. This royal patent officially merged the names, titles, and vast estates of both noble families to ensure the continuation of the Brockdorff lineage through the Juel descendants.https://www.roskildehistorie.dk/stamtavler/adel/Juel/Juel-Brockdorff.htmhttps://www.valdemarsslot.dk/about Today, this branch of the family also owns Meilgaard Castle.Meilgaard Gods Historie Retrieved 27 July 2012.
Properties and former properties of the Counts von Brockdorff
Notable people Joachim von Brockdorff (1643–1719), father of: Anna Constantia von Brockdorff, Countess of Cosel, mistress of Augustus the Strong. Baron Joachim von Brockdorff, who built the Brockdorff's Palace Count Cay Lorenz von Brockdorff (1766–1840), Last Chancellor of Schleswig-Holstein and first High Court President of Schleswig-Holstein Count Cay Lorenz von Brockdorff (1844–1921), grandson of above, German anthroposophist Count Cay von Brockdorff, German Sculptor, himself a count, grandson of above, Erika's husband Countess Erika von Brockdorff (1911–1943) German resistance fighter against the Nazi régime during World War II, herself a countess by marriage Count Charles Frederick von Brocktorff, (1775/85–1850) painter Count Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, (1887–1943) German general in World War II Count Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, (1869–1928) German diplomat
See also Brockdorff's Palace
References
External links Family Tree at roskildehistorie.dk