Kleist family

Coat of arms of the Kleist family

Kleist is a Pomeranian Prussian noble family. Notable members of this family include:

• Henning Alexander von Kleist (1677–1749). Prussian field marshal.
• Ewald Jürgen Georg von Kleist (c. 1700–1748); co-inventor of the Leyden jar
• Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715–1759); German poet and soldier
• Barbara Sophia von Kleist, mother of Adam Stanisław Grabowski (1741–1766) Prince-Bishop of Ermland/Bishopric of Warmia
• Friedrich Emil Ferdinand Heinrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf (April 9, 1762 – February 17, 1823), born and died in Berlin, was a Prussian field marshal
• Heinrich von Kleist (October 18, 1777 – November 21, 1811), German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer. The Kleist Prize, a prestigious prize for German literature, is named after him
• Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Kleist (1836-1917), General of the Cavalry (Germany)
• Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881–1954); German Field Marshal
• Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin (1890–1945); conspirator in the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler
• Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922–2013); son of Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin; another conspirator in the 20 July bomb plot and founder of the Munich Security Conference
• Erica von Kleist (1982–); Jazz musician

External links

• Homepage of the family von Kleist
• Relation between the von Kleist above