Dönhoff

For the community in the United States, see Denhoff, North Dakota.

Dönhoff (German) or Denhoff (Polish) (sometimes also Doenhoff) was a German nobility family, a branch of which moved to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 16th century and became recognized as a Polish noble (szlachta) there.

Some of the most notable members of the family included:

Polish branch:

Ernst Magnus Dönhoff (1581-1642), voivode of Parnawa (1640-1642)
Kasper Denhoff (1587-1645), voivode of Dorpat (1627-1634)
Stanisław Ernest Denhoff (1673 – 1728), voivode of Połock (1721-1728), Field Hetman of Lithuania, 1709-1728

German branch:

Alexander von Dönhoff (1683-1742), Prussian Lieutenant-General
Sophie von Dönhoff (1768-1838), morganatic spouse of Frederick William II of Prussia
August Heinrich Hermann von Dönhoff (1797-1874), Prussian diplomat
Marion Dönhoff (1909-2002), a German journalist