Bethe, also spelled Betha, is the name of an ancient minor German noble family originating from the region of Pomerelia in

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 ...

. The first person known to hold the name was Caspar von Bethe, a knight of the

Teutonic Order The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem, commonly known as the Teutonic Order, is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was formed to aid Christians on ...

who led the

Teutonic takeover of Danzig Teutonic or Teuton(s) may refer to: Peoples and cultures * Teutons, a Germanic tribe or Celtic tribe mentioned by Greek and Roman authors ** ''Furor Teutonicus'', a Latin phrase referring to the proverbial ferocity of the Teutons * Having qualit ...

. After the conquest, he was granted lordship of Conitz for his service. In later centuries, his descendants in

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and Brandenburg-Prussia went on to establish a noble lineage, later entitled as

Ritter Ritter (German for "knight") is a designation used as a title of nobility in German-speaking areas. Traditionally it denotes the second-lowest rank within the nobility, standing above " Edler" and below "Freiherr" (Baron). As with most titles a ...

von Betha in the

Prussian 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 e ...

and Austrian nobility. It is also a given name which may refer to: *

Albrecht Bethe Albrecht Julius Theodor Bethe (25 April 1872 in Stettin – 19 October 1954 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German physiologist. He was the father of physicist Hans Bethe (1906–2005). He studied at the universities of Freiburg, Munich (under Richa ...

(1872–1954), German physiologist and father of Hans Bethe *

Erich Bethe Erich Julius Adolf Bethe (2 May 1863 – 19 October 1940) was a German classical philologist who was a native of Stettin. In 1887 he earned his doctorate from the University of Göttingen, later receiving his habilitation at Bonn in 1891. From ...

(1863–1940), German philologist *

Hans Bethe Hans Albrecht Bethe (; July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005) was a German-American theoretical physicist who made major contributions to nuclear physics, astrophysics, quantum electrodynamics, and solid-state physics, and who won the 1967 Nobel ...

(1906–2005), German-American nuclear physicist *

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(born 1960), American bridge player also known as Kitty Bethe *

Mason Betha Mason Durell Betha (born August 27, 1975), better known by his mononym Mase (formerly Murda Mase and stylized as Ma$e), is an American rapper and minister. In the late 1990s, he recorded on the Bad Boy Records label alongside its founder Sean ...

(born 1975), American minister and rapper * Bethe Correia (born 1983), Brazilian mixed martial artist * Ernst Ludwig von Betha, Austrian nobleman and grandson of Angelo Soliman

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