Dincklage

Dincklage family coat of arms

Dincklage is the name of a German noble family of Westphalian ancient nobility from Dinklage near Vechta, Lower Saxony.

The family is first attested 1231 with Johannes de Thinclage.^[1] Since 1844, the head of the family carried the title Freiherr.

Notable members

Notable von Dincklages include:

• Amalie „Emmy“ von Dincklage-Campe (1825–1891), novelist
• Franz Wilhelm Freiherr von Galen zu Assen und Dincklage, Erbkämmerer
• Friedrich von Dincklage-Campe (1839–1918), Prussian general
• Ferdinand von Dincklage (1839–1906), Reichsgerichtsrat
• Georg August von Dincklage (1730–1788), British and Hanoverian general
• Hans Günther von Dincklage (1896–1974), Nazi propaganda official in occupied France
• Karl Freiherr von Dincklage (1871–1952), head of the grandducal theater and choir at Mecklenburg

The ancestors of the American actor Peter Dinklage were related to the family.

Further reading

• G. Sudendorf: Geschichte der Herren von Dincklage. Osnabrück / Hannover, 1842, part 1–1844, part 2.
• Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch. Freiherren. 1861–1942.
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. 37/1966
• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon vol. II, vol. 58 of the series, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1974, ISSN 0435-2408

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