Personal
Spouse: Margareta Baroness von der Osten-Sacken (1867–1929)
Children (two sons, one daughter):
- Otto von Spee (10 July 1890 at Kiel – 8 December 1914, South Atlantic, off Falkland Islands, aboard SMS Nürnberg)
- Heinrich von Spee (24 April 1893 at Kiel – 8 December 1914, South Atlantic, off Falkland Islands, aboard SMS Gneisenau)
- Huberta von Spee (11 July 1894 at Kiel – 18 September 1954, Bonn)
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