Pfuel

Pfuel
Family Coat of Arms

Motto	Muth und Hoffnung ("courage and hope")
Website	jahnsfelder-chronik.de schloss-tuessling.de

Jahnsfelde manor-house, built in 1680

Tüßling castle, Bavaria, photographed, as inhabited by the Counts Bruges-von Pfuel today

The German ancient noble family of Pfuel (also Phull) arrived in Brandenburg in the year 926 and later widened their influence to Saxony, Mecklenburg, Pomerania, Württemberg, Westphalia, Eastern Europe and Sweden.

Its members today bear the name "Grafen Bruges-von Pfuel".

Family line

Ancestors' list for direct paternal main line:^[1]

• Henricus de Puele, ca. 1215
• Heino de Puele (1282–1307)
• Heino von Pule (1306–1349)
• Strassen von Pfuel (died 1375)
• Otto von Pfuel (1375–1420)
• Bertram von Pfuel (born. ca. 1405–10, died 1482), 1440 to 1477 documented
• Friedrich von Pfuel (1460–1527)
• Bertram von Pfuel (born 1510/1515, died 1574), 1531 to 1574 documented
• Friedrich von Pfuel (1545–1594), 1577 to 1587 documented
• Bertram von Pfuel (1577–1639), 1597 to 1638 documented
• Friedrich Heino von Pfuel ((1620–1661)
• Christian Friedrich von Pfuel (1653–1702 near Kaiserswerth), Killed in action
• Hempo Ludwig von Pfuel (1690–1770 in Gielsdorf)
• Ludwig von Pfuel (1718 in Gielsdorf – 1789 in Berlin)
• Friedrich von Pfuel (1781 in Jahnsfelde – 1846 in Karlsbad)
• Alexander von Pfuel (1825 in Berlin – 1898 in Jahnsfelde)
• Heino von Pfuel (1871 in Jahnsfelde – 1916 in Berlin), DOW)^[2]
• Curt Christoph Graf Bruges-von Pfuel (1907 in Berlin – 2000 in Bonn)
• Christian Friedrich Graf Bruges-von Pfuel (born 1942 in Jahnsfelde)
• Frederic Alexander Graf Bruges-von Pfuel (born 1978 in Munich)

Members

Notable members of the family include:

Coat of Arms as used today by the Grafen Bruges-von Pfuel

Prime Minister of Prussia Ernst von Pfuel (1779–1866)

General Curt von Pfuel (1849–1936)

• Heino de Pule (1282–1307), hereditary Knight and Vogt in service to the Margraves of Brandenburg.
• Werner von Pfuel (died 1482), Hofmarschall to the princely court, later Vogt of Küstrin and Privy Councillor (Geheimrat) to the Prince-elector of Brandenburg, judge at the Royal Courts, Knight of the Dominican Order.
• Nickel von Pfuel (died 1492), Dr. iuris utriusque, Schloßhauptmann and Privy Councillor to the Prince-elector of Brandenburg, Knight and military commander, Vogt of Wriezen, judge at the Kammergericht, owner of Berlin castle.
• Friedrich von Pfuel (1462–1527), Knight and electoral state-captain, as well as Privy Councillor to the Dukes of Mecklenburg.
• Melchior von Pfuel (died 1548), "the Alchemist and Necromancer",^[3] Doctor of Law, electoral Captain at Zossen, Chancellor and Privy Councillor to the Prince-elector of Brandenburg.
• Heino von Pfuel (1550–1602), electoral Colonel appointed by John George, Prince-elector of Brandenburg.
• Valtin von Pfuel (1587–1661), General-War commissar to the Prince-elector of Brandenburg, as well as High-Commissioner of the Barnim.
• Kurt Bertram von Pfuel (1590–1658), statesman and politician. Valet de chambre to George William, Prince-elector of Brandenburg, General-War commissar and highest Privy Councillor to Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg – Duke of Prussia.
• Adam von Pfuel (1604–1659), Swedish General, later Privy Councillor and General-War commissar in Danish service.
• Catharina Elisabeth von Pfuel, wife of Johan Banér (1596–1641), Swedish Field Marshal in the Thirty Years' War. (see Friedrich Schiller: Wallenstein's Death).
• Georg Adam von Pfuel (1618–1672), royal Prussian General of the Cavalry, Governor of Spandau Citadel, Lord of Groß- und Klein-Buckow (Märkische Schweiz).
• Heyno Dietloff von Pfuel (1652–1734), dike-reeve of the Oderbruch.
• Christian Friedrich von Pfuel (1653–1702), royal Prussian Colonel, Lord of Gielsdorf, Wilkendorf and Jahnsfelde. Killed in action near Kaiserswerth during the War of the Spanish Succession.
• Ludwig Dietrich von Pfuhl (1669–1745), Field marshal and commander of Kehl Fortress during the War of the Polish Succession; grandson of Adam von Pfuel (1604–1659).
• Hempo Ludwig von Pfuel (1690–1770), royal Prussian Privy Councillor and Major, President of the Kriegs- u. Domänenkammer Halberstadt, Lord of Jahnsfelde.
• Christian Ludwig von Pfuel (1696–1756), royal Prussian Major General of the Infantry.
• Curt Christoph von Pfuel (died 1781), Oberkämmerer to the Elector of Saxony, highest Privy Councillor and General-War commissar.
• Ernst Ludwig von Pfuhl (1716−1798), royal Prussian General of the Infantry, Governor of Spandau Citadel, Inspector-General of the Brandenburg Infantry.
• Ludwig von Pfuel (1718−1789), royal Prussian Major General und Hofmarschall to Frederick William I of Prussia.
• Carl Ludwig Wilhelm August von Phull (1723–1793), General of the Infantry, Kingdom of Württemberg.
• Carl Ludwig von Pfuel (1725−1804), royal Prussian Major General.
• Otto-Friedrich von Pfuel (1731–1811), royal Prussian Haupt-Ritterschaftsdirektor.
• Franz Wilhelm von Pfuel (1733−1808), royal Prussian Major General and Commander of Danzig, later General in russian service.
• Friedrich August Heinrich Leberecht von Pfuhl (died 1818), General-Feldzeugmeister of the Kingdom of Württemberg, Governor of Stuttgart.
• Karl Ludwig von Phull (1757–1826), Prussian general who served as Chief of the General Staff of King Frederick William III of Prussia in the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. In Russian service, Phull successfully advocated for a scorched earth policy during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace.
• Friedrich von Phull (Karl August Friedrich Freiherr von Phull; 1767–1840), General of the Infantry, Commander-in-chief of the Kingdom of Württemberg during the French Revolutionary Wars.
• Ernst von Pfuhl (1768–1828), Minister of State of the Kingdom of Württemberg.
• Ernst von Pfuel (1779–1866), royal Prussian General of the Infantry, Governor of the Canton of Neuchâtel, Governor of Berlin, Cologne and the Prussian sector of Paris, member of the Prussian National Assembly, Prussian Minister of War as well as Prime Minister of Prussia.
• Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Pfuel (1781–1846), royal Prussian Lieutenant General, Commanding officer of Saarlouis, as well as Commanding officer of Spandau.
• August Karl von Pfuel (1794–1874), royal Prussian Major General.
• Wolf Kurt von Pfuel (1809–1866), royal Prussian Major General.
• Emil Karl von Pfuel (1821–1894), royal Prussian Lieutenant General.
• Curt Wolf von Pfuel (1849–1936), royal Prussian General of the Cavalry, first aide-de-camp to Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Military attaché to Spain, Inspector-General of Military education and training, Chairman of the Central Committee of the German National Red Cross during World War I.
• Maximilian von Pfuel (1854–1930), royal Prussian Lieutenant General.
• Martha von Pfuel (1865–1914), wife of Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856–1921), German politician and statesman who served as Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917.
• Curt-Christoph von Pfuel (1907–2000), Dr.jur., Prussian assessor, member of the Council of Europe, last Fideikommiss, Lord of Jahnsfelde.
• Christian-Friedrich von Pfuel, (born 1942), Lawyer, protagonist in Sky du Monts 2003 novel Prinz und Paparazzi; grandson of Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, General der Panzertruppe, Commander-in-chief of Panzer Group West, as well as Inspector General of the Armoured Forces during World War II.

Literature

• Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelslexikon Band X, pp. 336f., Band 119, C. A. Starke, Limburg (Lahn) 1999, ISBN 3-7980-0819-1
• Bernhard von Gersdorff: Preußische Köpfe – Ernst von Pfuel. Stappverlag, 1981, ISBN 3-87776-154-2
• Stephanie von Pfuel: Wenn schon, denn schon. LangenMüller, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7844-3115-4
• Marco Schulz: Jahnsfelde Schlösser und Gärten der Mark. Freundeskreis Schlösser und Gärten der Mark, Sibylle Badstübner-Gröger (Publisher). ISBN 978-3-941675-00-1

References

1. Der Mannesstamm (German)
2. Verlustliste: 1. Brandenburgisches Dragoner- Regiment Nr. 2. (German)
3. Fontane, Theodor (1868). Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (in German) 2. Berlin: Hertz. p. 489. (online)

External links

Media related to Pfuel family at Wikimedia Commons