Freiherr von Blomberg

The widely branched noble family of the Barons von Blomberg comes from the 13th century from what is now the district of Lippe, North Rhine -Westphalia probably from the area of the same city Blomberg.

History

The family is on a Pawel Blomberg ( occupied in 1307 ) in Courland returned as ancestor. Gender is divided into three major genealogical lines:

  • The Courland line
  • The Lippe line
  • The Swabian line (12th - 14th century, off)

The lippische part and descendants of the family lives on castle and estate Iggenhausen in Lage (Lippe ), and bears the name of Baron von Eckhardtstein to Iggenhausen in the 19th century still as Blomberg- Iggenhausen.

Bearers of the name

Members of this family were:

  • Hermann von Blomberg (1836-1924), a Prussian General of the Infantry
  • Otto von Blomberg (1871-1946), German Lieutenant General

Lippe line

  • Alexander von Blomberg (1788-1813), freedom fighters
  • Georg Moritz von Blomberg (1770-1818), Prussian district administrator and poet lawyer
  • Wilhelm von Blomberg (1786-1846), a Prussian officer and poet lawyer

Courland line

  • Hugo von Blomberg (1820-1871), German painter and poet

Prussian nobility legitimation of 1771

  • Werner von Blomberg (1878-1946), German General and Minister of Defense and Minister of War, among others, under Adolf Hitler until 1938
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