Bülow family
| House of Bülow | |
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 Arms of the Bülow family | |
| Country | Germany, Denmark |
| Founded | 13th century |
Bülow (German pronunciation: [ˈbyːlo]) is the name of a German and Danish noble family, members of which have borne the title of Baron (Freiherr), Count (Graf) or Prince (Fürst).[1]
Notable members
- Andreas von Bülow (born 1937), German politician, former government minister and author of a 9/11 conspiracy book
- Babette von Bülow (1850–1927), German author of short stories, comedies and farces under the male pen name Hans Arnold
- Bernhard von Bülow (1849–1929), Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909
- Bernhard Ernst von Bülow (1815–1879), Danish and German statesman, father of the above Bernhard von Bülow
- Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow (1810–1893), German educator
- Claus von Bülow (born 1926), Anglo-Danish lawyer and socialite
- Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli (born 1967), American socialite and philanthropist, daughter of Claus von Bülow and Sunny von Bülow
- Dietrich Heinrich von Bülow (1757–1807), (a.k.a. Heinrich Dietrich Bülow), Prussian officer during the Napoleonic Wars, military theorist, and brother of Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow
- Frederik Rudbek Henrik von Bülow (1791–1858), Danish general leading the defence of Fredericia during the 1849 Battle of Fredericia
- Friedrich Gustav von Bülow (1814–1893), founder of Bothkamp Observatory
- Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, (1755–1816), Prussian general during the Napoleonic Wars
- Hans, Count von Bülow (1774–1825), Westphalian and Prussian statesman and senior president of Silesia
- Hans von Bülow (1830–1894), pianist, conductor and composer
- Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp (1897–1976), German fighter ace in two World wars, brother of Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp
- Heinrich von Bülow (Grotekop), known as Big Head, who in 1383 destroyed Wilsnack
- Heinrich von Bülow, Prussian ambassador to England from 1827 to 1840, uncle of Bernhard
- Karl von Bülow (1846–1921), German general during World War I
- Otto von Bülow (1911–2006), German World War II U-boat commander
- Sunny von Bülow (1932–2008), wife of Claus von Bülow; husband was accused of poisoning her
- Vicco von Bülow (1923–2011) (a.k.a. Loriot) German humorist, graphic artist
- Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp (1894–1918), German fighter ace, brother of Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp
Heraldry
The blazon of the family's coat of arms is: Azure, fourteen bezants in pile, displayed four, four, three, two, one. The family's heraldic animal is the oriole, which can be seen in the armorial crest below.
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Arms of the Bülow family
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Graf von Bülow (1816)
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Graf Bülow von Dennewitz (1814)
References
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser (in German). Gotha: Perthes. 1870. p. 193.
External links
Media related to Bülow family at Wikimedia Commons- Website of the Bülow family
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