- Baudissin
Baudissin is the name of a German noble family, first mentioned in 1326 in
Upper Lusatia , now part ofSaxony . At the timeBautzen , the district capital, was called "Budissin", whence the name originated.All name bearers, including of family lines like the Baudissin"-Zinzendorf" and the Baudissin"-Zinzendorf-Pottendorf", arecounts or countesses.Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin married into a noble family fromHolstein and became the progenitor of all family members living today. From this time on most Baudissins settled in Holstein and other parts ofDenmark and often served the Danish kings as diplomats, officers and administrators. His grandson Wulf Hinrich (1671–1748) was another outstanding military leader. He was awarded with a hereditary countship in 1741 by theprince-elector of Saxony, Duke Frederick Augustus II (KingAugustus III of Poland ), for his services and thus became the firstGraf von Baudissin.The family has since brought forth numerous diplomats, military and civil officers, administrators, advisers to kings and emperors, writers, artists, journalists and lawyers. The families Baudissin and their Danish branch of "Bauditz" are listed in joint entries in the 1909, 1911, 1915 and 1959 editions of the "Danmarks Adels Aarbog", the register of Danish noble families.
Notable members of the family include:
*Wolf Heinrich von Baudissin (1579-1646), military leader
*Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin (1789-1878), Danish and German diplomat, writer and translator
* Adalbert Heinrich Graf von Baudissin (1820–1871), journalist, war correspondent, writer and publisher
* Wolf Ernst Hugo Emil Graf von Baudissin (1867–1926), officer and writer
* Wolf Wilhelm Friedrich Graf von Baudissin (1847–1927), theologian and old testamentarian scholar
*Wolf Graf von Baudissin (1907-1993), Nato generalExternal links
* [http://www.baudissin.eu www.baudissin.eu] is a portal for further information and lists several personal homepages related to the Baudissins - "in German"
* [http://www.ifsh.de/IFSH_english/profil/profil_start.htm IFSH] - the website of the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg of which former General Wolf Count von Baudissin was the founding director.
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