Künsberg Explained

The Künsberg family was an old German noble family of knights from the Franconian Forest and Upper Franconia.

History

The Künsberg family took its name from Künsberg near Creußen and was directly related to the House of Sparneck. Members of the family held the title of Baron, granted to them in 1690.

Notable members

• Antonietta Cornelia von Künsberg (1812-1862), Bavarian beauty appeared in the Gallery of Beauties gathered by Ludwig I of Bavaria
• Caroline von Künsberg (1815-1859), Bavarian beauty appeared in the Gallery of Beauties gathered by Ludwig I of Bavaria
• (1881–1941), legal historian
• (1909–1945), Nazi diplomat

See also

• Kuenssberg
• , derelict castle