Duchy of Jülich
Bertram Sturm was a descendant of an old family from Münstereifel in the Duchy of Jülich, which is first mentioned in 1436. They had been advisors for generations. On 12 September 1632, he was ennobled in Vienna, and his family name was officially changed into "von Sturm zu Vehlingen". On 23 September 1633 in Ebersdorf, Emperor Ferdinand II gave him the predicate "von Vehlingen". Nevertheless, his descendants used the family name "von Sturm zu Vehlingen".