Wimpffen family
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Wimpffen is a noble family originally from Germany. They became prominent in the Kingdom of Bohemia during the Habsburg rule.
Prominent members of the family include:
- Emmanuel Félix de Wimpffen (German: Emmanuel Felix Graf von Wimpffen; 1811–1884), French general
- Franz (Emil Lorenz Heeremann) Graf von Wimpffen (1797, Prague - 1870), Austrian general
- Maximilian von Wimpffen (1770–1854), Austrian general during the Napoleonic Wars
- Leontius (von Wimpffen) (1873-1919), Russian bishop murdered by the Bolsheviks
- Pauline von Wimpffen, German writer and Catholic activist
See also
- Bad Wimpfen
- János L. Wimpffen (born 1950s, Graz), an American motorsport historian and writer of Austro-Hungarian descent
External links
Media related to Wimpffen family at Wikimedia Commons