Every time we really get into 18th century nobility history, it feels so eerie, because so many of these names show up in the 20th century again. Marion Countess Dönhoff was one of the most famous German women in the 20th century - as a young woman, she was pals with many of the July 20th 1944 conspirators, and later, she became Editor of "Die Zeit", the first female manager of a major newspaper - basically, like Katherine Graham with the Washington Post.
BTW, isn't Lehndorff also related to von Schlieben line - I think one of his sisters married a von Schlieben, something like this, because he later has a Schlieben niece?
BTW, isn't Lehndorff also related to von Schlieben line - I think one of his sisters married a von Schlieben, something like this, because he later has a Schlieben niece?
Good memory! Looks like his sister Marie Eleanore married Karl Leopold von Schlieben in 1747.
Btw, looking at the dates, Grandma von Tettau was 80 the year of the first proposal, and 82/3 when she died, so pretty elderly for her time! No wonder she didn't expect to live two or three more years in 1749.
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Re: Lehndorff's one who got away
Date: 2025-01-12 02:24 pm (UTC)BTW, isn't Lehndorff also related to von Schlieben line - I think one of his sisters married a von Schlieben, something like this, because he later has a Schlieben niece?
Re: Lehndorff's one who got away
Date: 2025-01-12 05:19 pm (UTC)BTW, isn't Lehndorff also related to von Schlieben line - I think one of his sisters married a von Schlieben, something like this, because he later has a Schlieben niece?
Good memory! Looks like his sister Marie Eleanore married Karl Leopold von Schlieben in 1747.
Btw, looking at the dates, Grandma von Tettau was 80 the year of the first proposal, and 82/3 when she died, so pretty elderly for her time! No wonder she didn't expect to live two or three more years in 1749.