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The House of Plettenberg is a Westphalian noble family of the ''Uradel''. It dates back at least to 1187, when ''Heidolphus de Plettenbrath'' was mentioned in a document by Philip I (Archbishop of Cologne).〔(Deed of the Oelinghausen monastery (transcript, German) )〕 Heydenricus de Plettenberg was cited as bailiff of the Counts of Arnsberg in 1258.〔Enache, Nicolas. ''La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg''. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 88, 92, 150, 161. (French). ISBN 2-908003-04-X〕 The Lenhausen-Stockum branch was elevated to the rank of Barons of the Holy Roman Empire in 1689 and in 1724 they were made Imperial counts.〔 The two branches of the family still extant today are the Plettenberg-Schwarzenbergs (Protestant) and the Counts von Plettenberg-Lenhausen (Roman Catholic).〔 ==Notable members== * Wolter von Plettenberg (around 1450–1535), Master of the Livonian Order * Gertrud von Plettenberg (15??–1608), royal mistress of Prince-Elector-Archbishop of Cologne Ernest of Bavaria * Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg (1644–1706), Prince-Bishop of Münster * Ferdinand von Plettenberg (1690–1737), Prime Minister of Archbishop-Elector Clemens August of Bavaria * Joachim van Plettenberg (1739–1793), Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and founder of Plettenberg Bay * Karl von Plettenberg (1852–1938), General of the Infantry, Commandant-General of the Guards Corps and Adjutant General of the German Kaiser * Kurt von Plettenberg (1891–1945), plenipotentiary of the House of Hohenzollern (the royal house of Prussia), one of the inner circle of the July 20th plot against Hitler * Georg von Plettenberg (1918-1980), Colonel of the Bundeswehr 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「House of Plettenberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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