Albrecht family
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Political family | |
Place of origin | Höxter, Germany |
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Founder | Barthold Albrecht |
Connected families | Knoop family Ladson family Von der Leyen family |
The Albrecht family is a North German family whose members have been prominent as civil servants, politicians and businesspeople. The family is descended from Barthold Albrecht (born 1557), who was a pastor in Bodenwerder. Numerous of his descendants were doctors, jurists and civil servants in what became the Electorate and Kingdom of Hanover. The family was among the hübsche ("courtly" or "genteel") families of Hanover, the informal third elite group after the nobility and the clergy that encompassed the higher bourgeoisie and university-educated civil servants.
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The family is included in the Deutsches Geschlechterbuch which covers prominent families in Germany.[1][2]
The family's coat of arms features in red a golden lion that breaks a silver chain.
Family tree
- Barthold Albrecht (1557–1642), pastor[2]
- Statius Albrecht (1603–1651), medical doctor[2]
- Johann Peter Albrecht (1651–1724), medical doctor[2]
- Johann Günter Albrecht (1676–1745), medical doctor (Oberlandphysicus) in Hildesheim[2]
- Johann Peter Albrecht (1703–1753), state councillor (Hof- und Regierungsrat) in the Electorate of Cologne[2]
- Johann Friedrich Albrecht (1737–1799), county governor of Isenhagen[2]
- Franz August Heinrich Albrecht (1766–1848), county governor of Syke[2]
- Karl Franz Georg Albrecht (1799–1873), state councillor and director-general of customs in the Kingdom of Hanover[2]
- George Alexander Albrecht (1834–1898), consul and cotton merchant in Bremen; married Baroness Louise Dorothea von Knoop (1844–1889)[2]
- Carl Albrecht (1875–1952), cotton merchant in Bremen; married Mary Ladson-Robertson[2]
- Carl Albrecht (1902–1965), medical doctor and psychologist[2]
- George Alexander Albrecht (1935–2021), conductor[2]
- Marc Albrecht (1964–), conductor[2]
- Ernst Albrecht (1930–2014), director-general of the European Commission and Prime Minister of Lower Saxony[2]
- Ursula von der Leyen (1958–), President of the European Commission[2]
- Hans-Holger Albrecht (1963–), businessman[2]
- George Alexander Albrecht (1935–2021), conductor[2]
- Carl Albrecht (1902–1965), medical doctor and psychologist[2]
- Carl Albrecht (1875–1952), cotton merchant in Bremen; married Mary Ladson-Robertson[2]
- George Alexander Albrecht (1834–1898), consul and cotton merchant in Bremen; married Baroness Louise Dorothea von Knoop (1844–1889)[2]
- Karl Franz Georg Albrecht (1799–1873), state councillor and director-general of customs in the Kingdom of Hanover[2]
- Franz August Heinrich Albrecht (1766–1848), county governor of Syke[2]
- Johann Friedrich Albrecht (1737–1799), county governor of Isenhagen[2]
- Johann Peter Albrecht (1703–1753), state councillor (Hof- und Regierungsrat) in the Electorate of Cologne[2]
- Johann Günter Albrecht (1676–1745), medical doctor (Oberlandphysicus) in Hildesheim[2]
- Johann Peter Albrecht (1651–1724), medical doctor[2]
- Statius Albrecht (1603–1651), medical doctor[2]