Von Campenhausen (Camphusen, Camphus, Kamphaus, Camphuis, Kamphuis; Кампенгаузен) is a

Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

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noble family descending from

Spanish Netherlands Spanish Netherlands (Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande.) (historically in Spanish: ''Flandes'', the name "Flanders" was used as a ''pars pro toto'') was the Ha ...

. Members of the family occupied many important positions within

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Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

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Axel Freiherr von Campenhausen Axel may refer to: People * Axel (name), all persons with the name Places * Axel, Netherlands, a town ** Capture of Axel, a battle at Axel in 1586 Arts, entertainment, media * ''Axel'', a 1988 short film by Nigel Wingrove * ''Axel'', a Cirque d ...

(born 1934), German canon lawyer * Balthasar Freiherr von Campenhausen (1689–1758), Russian lieutenant general, participant of the Great Northern War and General-Governor of Finland in 1741–1743. *

Balthasar von Campenhausen Baron Balthasar von Campenhausen (russian: Барон Балтазар Балтазарович Кампенгаузен, lit=Baron Baltazar Baltazarovich Kampengauzen) (5 January 1772 – 11 September 1823) was a Baltic German statesman who ...

(1745–1800), Russian statesman *

(1772–1823), Baron, Balthasar Freiherr von Campenhausen and Saaremaa, Mayor of Taganrog, Russian statesman, Privy Councilor, chamberlain. *

Hans von Campenhausen Hans Erich Freiherr von Campenhausen (16 December 1903 – 6 January 1989) was a German-Baltic Protestant theologian. He is one of the most important Protestant ecclesiastical historians of the 20th century. Life and work Hans von Campenhausen ...

(1903–1989), German theologist * Johann Camphusen (?–1512), Mayor of Riga * Johann Christoph von Campenhausen (1716–1782), * Johannes Freiherr von Campenhausen (born 1935), German politician, former leader of German Party. * Johann Hermann von Campenhausen (1641–1705), Swedish militarian, engineer of Tallinn fortifications * Leyon Pierce Balthasar von Campenhausen (1746–1807), poet, playwright and publicist File:Generalleutnant Balthasar Freiherr von Campenhausen.jpg, Russian lieutenant general Balthasar Freiherr von Campenhausen

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Genealogisches Handbuch der baltischen Ritterschaften, Teil 1, 1: Livland, Görlitz 1929
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