Budberg is the name of an old Baltic German noble family which originated from

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. First documented since the beginning of the 14th century, members of the family held the title of

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von Budberg-Bönninghausen in the

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Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

Notable members

Andreas Eberhard von Budberg Andreas Eberhard Freiherr von Budberg-Bönninghausen (russian: Андрей Яковлевич Будберг; tr. ) (10 August 1750 – 1 September 1812) was a Baltic German diplomat who served as Foreign Minister in 1806–07. Biography By ...

(1750–1812), Russian diplomat *

Karl Ludwig von Budberg Baron Karl Vasilievich Ludwig von Budberg-Bönninghausen (9 July 1775–8 September 1829) was an Imperial Russian cavalry general and nobleman who participated in the Napoleonic Wars. Early life By birth member of the House of Budberg, Germ ...

(1775–1829), Russian general * Andrey Fedorovich von Budberg (1817–1881), Russian diplomat *

Moura Budberg Maria Ignatievna von Budberg-Bönninghausen (russian: Мария (Мура) Игнатьевна Закревская-Бенкендорф-Будберг, ''Maria (Moura) Ignatievna Zakrevskaya-Benckendorff-Budberg'', née Zakrevskaya; February ...

( 1891–1974), Russian-British double spy * Peter Alekseevich Budberg (1903–1972), Russian-American sinologist {{surname