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People

Listed in chronological order by date of birth:

  • The House of Stolberg, a large German noble family (Hoher Adel) with many branches.
  • Count Botho of Stolberg the Elder († 1455)
  • Count Henry the Younger of Stolberg (1467–1508), Governor of Frisia
  • Anna II of Stolberg (1504–1574), imperial abbess of Quedlinburg
  • Countess Juliana of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1506-1580), mother of William I of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish in the 16th century and co-founder of the current Dutch royal family House of Orange-Nassau.
  • Count Henry of Stolberg (1509–1572)
  • Count Christian Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1691–1771)
  • Prince Frederick Charles of Stolberg-Gedern (1693–1767)
  • Countess Ferdinande Henriette of Stolberg-Gedern (1699–1750)
  • Count Henry Ernest of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1716–1778)
  • Count Christian Frederick of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1746–1824)
  • Christian, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg (1748-1821), German poet, translator and lyricist
  • Friedrich Leopold, Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750-1819), German poet, translator and lawyer
  • Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1752–1824), wife of Bonnie Prince Charlie, pretender to the thrones of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Countess Augusta Louise of Stolberg-Stolberg (1753–1835)
  • Countess Louise of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1771–1856), Abbess of Drübeck Abbey
  • Count Henry of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1772–1854)
  • Count Anthony of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1785–1854)
  • Prince Otto of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1837–1896), Governor of the Prince of Hanover, German Vice-Chancellor under Bismarck

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