Claus von Stauffenberg family name Schenk von Stauffenberg
Family history
Stauffenberg was born in Stauffenberg Castle, Jettingen on 15 November 1907 and baptised as Claus Philipp Maria Justinian. His parents came from noble backgrounds, with his father, Alfred Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, the last Oberhofmarschall of the Kingdom of Württemberg and mother, Caroline Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg, née Gräfin von Üxküll-Gyllenband, the daughter of Alfred Richard August Graf von Üxküll-Gyllenband and Valerie Gräfin von Hohenthal.From birth, Stauffenberg inherited the hereditary titles of Graf (Count) and Schenk (Cupbearer), leaving him referred to by his first name and  Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg until the 1919 Weimar Constitutional Law abolished privileges of nobility. His maternal ancestors included Field Marshal August von Gneisenau.
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