Porsche family

Porsche family

Nationality Austria
Occupation Engineers and businessmen
Years active 1898–present
Career
Known for Projects of Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, Tiger I, Tiger II, the Elefant, all Porsche models (include 356 and 911) Volkswagen Beetle, Audi Quattro and Others...
Award:German National Prize for Art and Science (1938)
SS-Ehrenring
War Merit Cross
Wilhelm Exner Medal, 1936

The Porsche family is a prominent Austrian family of industrialists descending from the automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche. Its members have full ownership of the Porsche SE automobile corporation and majority voting rights of the Volkswagen AG, the biggest automaker in the world.

Ferdinand Porsche was born to a German-speaking family of Maffersdorf, Bohemia, son of Anton Porsche (1845-1908) and Anna Ehrlich. The Sudeten German surname Porsche can be traced to the 18th-century in the area of Reichenberg (now Liberec), Bohemia.[1] The surname originates with the German word Bursche ("boy, young man, apprentice, farmhand") and is on record in northern Bohemia in various spellings (Porsch, Borsche, Borsch, Bursche, Bursch, Pursch, Pursche etc.) from the early 17th century.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Magdalena
(n/a)
 
 
 
Wencelaus Porsche
(c1750-?)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Magdalena Gruner
(1784-1843)
 
 
 
Antonius Porsche
(1778-1843)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Catharina Bradka
(1819-1888)
 
 
 
Ferdinand Porsche
(1820–1896)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anna Ehrlich
(1850-1919)
 
 
 
Antonius Porsche
(1845-1908)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Karl Franz Ungermann
(1865–1???)
 
Anna Maria Porsche
(1871–1943)
 
Anton Glaser
(1848–1922)
 
Antonius Ferdinandus Porsche
(1873–1888)
 
Aloisia Johanna Kaes
(1878-1959)
 
Ferdinand Porsche
(1875–1951)
 
 
 
 
 
Antonius Josefus Wenzeslaus Porsche
(1873–1940)
 
Hedwig Porsche
(1878–1949)
 
Oscar Porsche
(1881–1941)
 
Hermine Schier
(1885–1968)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Anna Ungermann
(1894–1894)
 
Anton Piëch
(1894–1952)
 
Louise Hedwig Anna Wilhelmine Porsche
(1904–1999)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche
(1909–1998)
 
Dorothea Reitz
(1911–1985)
 
anon
(1898–1898)
 
Hedwig Aloysia Anna Porsche
(1900–19??)
 
 
 
Hermine Louise Porsche
(1908–1992)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ernst Piëch
(1929– )
 
Louise Piëch
(1932–2006)
 
Ferdinand Piëch
(1937– )
 
Hans-Michel Piëch
(1942– )
 
Brigitte Bube
(1937–)
 
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche
(1935–2012)
 
Marlene Maurer
(1941– )
 
Gerhard Anton Porsche
(1938–)
 
 
 
Iris
(n/a)
 
 
Kuni
(n/a)
 
Hans-Peter Porsche
(1940– )
 
Karin Händler
(19??–)
 
Wolfgang Heinz Porsche
(1943–)
 
Susanne Bresser
(1952–)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brigette Voith
(19??–)
 
Ferdinand Oliver Porsche
(1961–)
 
Claudia Hammacher
(1962–2013)
 
Kai Alexander Porsche
(1964-)
 
Carolina Inama
(1978–)
 
Mark Philipp Porsche
(1977–)
 
Hans Porsche
(1970–)
 
Geraldine Porsche
(1980-)
 
Diana Porsche
(1997-)
 
 
Aglaia
(19??–)
 
Peter Daniell Porsche
(1973–)
 
Christian Porsche
(1974-)
 
Stephanie Porsche
(1978-)
 
Ferdinand Rudolf Wolfgang Porsche
(1993-)
 
Felix Alenander Porsche
(1996-)
 
 
 
 
 

Other Members

The father of Chris Reitz, the former head of design for Alfa Romeo, was adopted by Dorothea, the wife of Ferry.

Company

Ferdinand Porsche 
Ferry Porsche 
Ferdinand Piëch 

References

  1. ↑ baptism of Joannes Josephus (Wenzel) Porsche on 16 July 1777 in Neuharzdorf, Reichenberg parish, son of Antonius Porsche Tibialifex (stocking-maker) and of M. Elisabeth. Liberec Baptisms (Křty) 1771-1780 (v. L84-6)
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