Bülow family
| House of Bülow von Bülow | |
|---|---|
 Arms of the Bülow family | |
| Country | Germany, Denmark |
| Founded | 13th century |
Bülow (German pronunciation: [ˈbyːlo]) is the name of a German and Danish noble family, members of which have borne the title of Baron (Freiherr), Count (Graf) or Prince (Fürst).[1]
Notable members
- Andreas von Bülow (born 1937), German politician, former government minister and author of a 9/11 conspiracy book
- Babette von Bülow (1850–1927), German author of short stories, comedies and farces under the male pen name Hans Arnold
- Bernhard Ernst von Bülow (1815–1879), Danish and German statesman, father of the above Bernhard von Bülow
- Prince Bernhard von Bülow (1849–1929), Chancellor of the German Empire from 1900 to 1909
- Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow (1810–1893), German educator
- Claus von Bülow (born 1926), Anglo-Danish lawyer and socialite
- Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli (born 1967), American socialite and philanthropist, daughter of Claus von Bülow and Sunny von Bülow
- Dietrich Heinrich von Bülow (1757–1807), (a.k.a. Heinrich Dietrich Bülow), Prussian officer during the Napoleonic Wars, military theorist, and brother of Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow
- Frederik Rudbek Henrik von Bülow (1791–1858), Danish general leading the defence of Fredericia during the 1849 Battle of Fredericia
- Friedrich Gustav von Bülow (1814–1893), founder of Bothkamp Observatory
- Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, (1755–1816), Prussian general during the Napoleonic Wars
- Hans, Count von Bülow (1774–1825), Westphalian and Prussian statesman and senior president of Silesia
- Hans von Bülow (1830–1894), pianist, conductor and composer who married Liszt's daughter Cosima, who later left him for Richard Wagner
- Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp (1897–1976), German fighter ace in two World wars, brother of Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp
- Heinrich von Bülow (Grotekop), known as Big Head, who in 1383 destroyed Wilsnack
- Heinrich von Bülow, Prussian ambassador to England from 1827 to 1840, uncle of Bernhard
- Karl von Bülow (1846–1921), German general during World War I
- Otto von Bülow (1911–2006), German World War II U-boat commander
- Sunny von Bülow (1932–2008), wife of Claus von Bülow; husband was accused of poisoning her
- Vicco von Bülow (1923–2011) (a.k.a. Loriot) German humorist, graphic artist
- Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp (1894–1918), German fighter ace, brother of Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp
Heraldry
The blazon of the family's coat of arms is: Azure, fourteen bezants in pile, displayed four, four, three, two, one. The family's heraldic animal is the oriole, which can be seen in the armorial crest below.
Arms of the Bülow family
Graf von Bülow (1816)
Graf Bülow von Dennewitz (1814)
References
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser (in German). Gotha: Perthes. 1870. p. 193.
External links
Media related to Bülow family at Wikimedia Commons- Website of the Bülow family
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