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Baudissin is the name of a
German
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noble family of
Sorbian origin, first mentioned in 1326 in
Upper Lusatia
Upper Lusatia (german: Oberlausitz ; hsb, Hornja Łužica ; dsb, Górna Łužyca; szl, Gōrnŏ Łużyca; pl, Łużyce Górne or ''Milsko''; cz, Horní Lužice) is a historical region in Germany and Poland. Along with Lower Lusatia to the ...
, now part of
Saxony
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. At the time
Bautzen
Bautzen () or Budyšin () is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree river. In 2018 the town's population was 39,087. Until 1868, its German name was ''Budi ...
, the district capital, was called ''Budissin'', whence the name originated.
All name bearers, including those of family lines like Baudissin-Zinzendorf and Baudissin-Zinzendorf-Pottendorf, are
Count
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
s or Countesses.
History
Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin
Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin or Bauditz (1579–1646) was a distinguished Protestant German cavalry commander who rose to the rank of field marshal during the Thirty Years' War. He was a member of the Baudissin family, an old noble family of Lus ...
married into a
Rantzau noble family from
Holstein
Holstein (; nds, label=Northern Low Saxon, Holsteen; da, Holsten; Latin and historical en, Holsatia, italic=yes) is the region between the rivers Elbe and Eider. It is the southern half of Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of German ...
and became the progenitor of all family members living today. From this time on most Baudissins settled in Holstein and other parts of
Denmark
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and often served the Danish kings as diplomats, officers and administrators. His grandson Wulf Hinrich (1671–1748) was another military leader and was made a hereditary
Imperial Count
Imperial Count (german: Reichsgraf) was a title in the Holy Roman Empire. In the medieval era, it was used exclusively to designate the holder of an imperial county, that is, a fief held directly ( immediately) from the emperor, rather than from ...
on 28 February 1741 by the
prince-elector
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From the 13th century onwards, the prin ...
of Saxony, Duke Frederick Augustus II (King
Augustus III of Poland), for his services and thus became the first ''
Graf
(feminine: ) is a historical title of the German nobility, usually translated as "count". Considered to be intermediate among noble ranks, the title is often treated as equivalent to the British title of "earl" (whose female version is "coun ...
'' von Baudissin.
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The family has since brought forth numerous diplomats, military and civil officers, administrators, advisers to kings and emperors, writers, artists, journalists and lawyers. The families Baudissin and their Danish branch of "Bauditz" are listed in joint entries in the 1909, 1911, 1915 and 1959 editions of the ''Danmarks Adels Aarbog'' ("Danish nobility yearbook").
Notable members
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Adelbert Heinrich Graf von Baudissin
Adelbert Heinrich Graf von Baudissin (born 25 January 1820 in Horsens, Jutland, died 28 March 1871 in Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus ap ...
(1820-1871), writer
*
Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin
Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin or Bauditz (1579–1646) was a distinguished Protestant German cavalry commander who rose to the rank of field marshal during the Thirty Years' War. He was a member of the Baudissin family, an old noble family of Lus ...
(1579-1646), military leader
*
Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin (1789-1878), Danish and German diplomat, writer, and translator
* Adalbert Heinrich Graf von Baudissin (1820–1871), journalist, war correspondent, writer, and publisher
* Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil Graf von Baudissin (1867–1926), officer and writer
*
Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich von Baudissin (1847–1927), theologian and
Old Testament scholar
*
Wolf Graf von Baudissin (1907-1993), German general and professor of International Peace Studies.
References
External links
www.baudissin.euis a portal for further information and lists several personal homepages related to the Baudissins - ''in German''
the website of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg of which former General Wolf Count von Baudissin was the founding director.
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People from the Duchy of Holstein
Danish noble families
Bautzen