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Submitted by Leo van de Pas
corrections/additions are welcome


Descendants of
Count Ferdinand von Galen
(3 generations)




       Count Ferdinand von Galen
       Born 31 August 1831 Muenster, Westfalen
       Died 5 January 1906 Dinklage
       Married 7 May 1861 Heltorf
       Countess Elisabeth von Spee, daughter of Count August
       Wilhelm von Spee and Countess Franziska von Bruehl
       Born 10 September 1842 Duesseldorf
       Died 26 March 1920 Dinklage
                 Children, Generation I

       Generation I
            1  Countess Elisabeth von Galen
               Born 5 March 1862 Muenster, Westfalen
               Died 1 January 1870 Assen

            2  Countess Anna von Galen
               Born 4 August 1863 Muenster, Westfalen
               Died 19 June 1930 Wien

            3  Count Friedrich von Galen
               Born 20 May 1865 Muenster, Westfalen
               Died 10 November 1918 Dinklage
               Married 4 September 1894 Grevelinghausen
               Freiin Paula von Wendt, daughter of Freiherr Karl von Wendt
               and Freiin Maria von Romberg
               Born 7 May 1873 Gevelinghausen
               Died 26 April 1959 Dinklage
                         Children, Generation II-1

            4  Count Augustinus von Galen
               Born 1 October 1866 Assen
               Died 20 November 1912 Bonn
               Married 12 November 1896 Muenster, Westfalen
               Countess Levina von Korff gen. Schmising, daughter of Count
               Klemens von Korff gen. Schmising and Freiin Ferdinandine
               von Fuerstenberg
               Born 30 April 1867 Steinhausen
               Died 14 September 1941 Bonn
                         Children, Generation II-2

            5  Countess Franziska von Galen
               Born 12 December 1867 Dinklage
               Died 25 August 1928 St.Louis, USA

            6  Countess Maria von Galen
               Born 13 March 1869 Dinklage
               Died 23 November 1876 Dinklage

            7  Count Wilhelm von Galen
               Born 14 December 1870 Muenster, Westfalen
               Died 2 September 1949 Freiburg, Switzerland

            8  Countess Agnes von Galen
               Born 11 August 1872 Dinklage
               Died 20 November 1943 Grevelinghausen
               Married 1 October 1901 Haus Assen
               Freiherr Konrad von Wendt, son of Freiherr Karl von Wendt
               and Freiin Maria von Romberg
               Born 16 March 1878 Dinklage
               Died 19 January 1945 Gevelinghausen

            9  Count Joseph von Galen
               Born 15 September 1873 Dinklage
               Died 16 March 1876 Dinklage

            10 Countess Paula Ursula von Galen
               Born 2 May 1876 Dinklage
               Died 21 May 1923 Coesfeld, Westfalen

            11 Count Klemens August van Galen
               Cardinal
               Born 16 March 1878 Dinklage
               Died 22 March 1946 Muenster, Westfalen

            12 Count Franz von Galen
               Born 11 December 1879 Dinklage
               Died 9 October 1961 Darfeld
               Married 19 September 1907 Muenster, Westfalen
               Freiin Antonia von Weichs zur Wenne, daughter of Baron
               Franziskus de Weichs de Wenne and Freiin Karoline von
               Romberg
               Born 2 June 1885 Bladenhorst
               Died 13 November 1973 Muenster, Westfalen
                         Children, Generation II-3

       II-1 (I-3)
            1  Countess Maria von Galen
               Born 13 July 1895 Assen

       II-2 (I-4)
            1  Count Ferdinand von Galen
               Born 4 September 1898 Sigmaringen
               Died 21 September 1918 Couroy nr Reims (in action)

            2  Countess Elisabeth von Galen
               Born 17 November 1899 Duesseldorf
               Married 4 August 1920 Assen
               Freiherr Anton von Salis-Soglio

            3  Countess Maria von Galen
               Born 25 April 1901 Pruem
               Married 24 May 1923 Assen
               Count Clemens von Korff gen. Schmising, son of Count
               Maximilian von Korff gen. Schmising and Freiin Augusta von
               Fuerstenberg
               Born 26 June 1898 Muenster, Westfalen
               Died 23 December 1966 Tatenhausen

            4  Countess Helene von Galen
               Born 25 August 1903 Pruem
               Married 9 July 1925 Muenster, Westfalen
               Count Klemens von Korff gen. Schmising-Kerssenbrock, son of
               Count Kaspar von Korff gen. Schmising-Kerssenbrock and
               Countess Elisabeth Schaffgotsch gen. Semperfrei von und zu
               Kynast und Greiffenstein
               Born 5 July 1899 Schurgast
               Died 17 February 1945 Koschenthin

            5  Count Christoph-Bernhard von Galen
               Born 11 January 1907 Bonn
               Married 28 July 1931 Adlerkosteletz
               Countess Marie Sophie Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau,
               daughter of Count Franz Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau and
               Countess Maria Pauline von Bellegarde
               Born 24 February 1909 Adlerkosteletz
                         Children, Generation III-1

            6  Countess Magdalena von Galen
               Born 1 May 1908 Bonn
               Married 16 January 1934 Muenster, Westfalen
               Freiherr Herbert von Canstein, son of Freiherr Dr. Carl von
               Canstein and Martha Hasslinghaus
               Born 7 March 1902 Dortmund
               Died 24 March 1945 Rhede nr Bocholt (in action)

       II-3 (I-12)
            1  Countess Elisabeth von Galen
               Born 20 June 1908 Assen
               Died 2 October 1908 Muenster, Westfalen

            2  Countess Mariaschnee von Galen
               Born 11 November 1909 Berlin-Lichterfelde
               Married 27 November 1941 Merfeld nr. Dlmen
               Freiherr Maximilian von Boeselager, son of Freiherr Klemens
               von Boeselager and Maria von und zur Muehlen
               Born 9 July 1907 Eggermuehlen
               Died 30 January 1945 nr Friedeberg, Neumarkt

            3  Count Joseph von Galen
               Born 15 June 1911 Berlin-Lichterfelde
               Died 30 October 1945 Prokopijewski, Siberia (POW)
               Married 29 June 1944 Goldegg
               Countess Margareta von Galen, daughter of Count Ferdinand
               von Galen and Freiin Irene von Eichhoff
               Born 2 September 1908 Goldegg in Pongau
                         S.P.

            4  Count Georg von Galen
               Born 20 August 1912 Muenster, Westfalen
               Married 29 December 1939 Londrina, Brazil
               Hildegard von Chappius, daughter of Herbert von Chappius
               and Gertrud Spiegelberg
               Born 29 April 1908 Saarburg
                         Children, Generation III-2

            5  Count Christoph von Galen
               Born 30 August 1914 Muenster, Westfalen
               Married 22 October 1952 Wuerzburg
               Countess Marie Elisabeth von Bredow, daughter of Count
               Joachim von Bredow and Elfriede Eva Heusinger von Waldegg
               Born 20 May 1930 Klessen bei Friesack
                         Children, Generation III-3

            6  Count Friedrich von Galen
               Born 12 September 1919 Dinklage
               Died 27 June 1926 Dinklage

            7  Count Ferdinand von Galen
               Born 18 November 1921 Dinklage
               Died 17 December 1921 Dinklage

            8  Count Matthias van Galen
               Born 13 November 1922 Dinklage
               Died circa 4 September 1944 Forli, Italy (in action)

            9  Count Augustinus von Galen
               Born 6 December 1923 Dinklage
               Died 29 May 1956 / 1957 Muenster, Westfalen

            10 Count Clemens von Galen
               Born 23 July 1925 Dinklage
               Died 22 March 1945 nr.Roben, Oschl. (in action)

      III-1 (II-2-5)
            1  Countess Pauline von Galen
               Born 29 June 1932 Neuengraben
               Married 18 October 1955 Assen
               Count Friedrich von und zu Trauttmansdorff-Weinsberg, son
               of Karl Joseph, 5.Fuerst von und zu Trauttmansdorff-
               Weinsberg and Countess Johanna Kinsky von Wchinitz
               und Tettau
               Born 21 June 1926 Bischofsteinitz

            2  Countess Hedwig von Galen
               Born 8 February 1934 Neuengraben
               Married 12 July 1956 Assen
               Rudolf de Longueval, Count von Buquoy, son of Karl-Georg de
               Longueval, Count von Buquoy and Countess Valerie Kinsky von
               Wchinitz und Tettau
               Born 6 October 1927 Gratzen

            3  Count Ferdinand von Galen
               Born 14 October 1935 Neuengraben
               Married 15 January 1966
               Anita Hempst
               Born 11 April 1938 Offenbach am Main
                         S.P.

            4  Countess Johanna von Galen
               Born 24 September 1936 Assen
               Married 8 September 1956 Assen
               Count Clemens von Westphalen zu Fuerstenberg, son of Count
               Dr. Friedrich von Westphalen zu Fuerstenberg and Freiin
               Maria Felicitas von Fuerstenberg
               Born 23 March 1927 Fuerstenberg

            5  Countess Maria Theresia von Galen
               Born 21 April 1938 Assen
               Married 23 February 1963 Assen
               Comte Marc Antoine d'Oultremont, son of Comte Jean
               d'Oultremont and Anne Armand
               Born 20 July 1927 Matran, Switzerland

            6  Countess Ludmila von Galen
               Born 20 June 1939 Assen
               Married 17 October 1961 Muenster, Westfalen
               Archduke Heinrich of Austria, son of Archduke Maximilian of
               Austria and Princess Franziska zu Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-
               Schillingsfuerst, von Ratibor und Corvey
               Born 7 January 1925 Muenchen


      III-2 (II-3-4)
            1  Count Friedrich von Galen
               Born 26 February 1941 Rolandia, Brazil

            2  Countess Adelheid von Galen
               Born 26 June 1942 Rolandia, Brazil

            3  Count Hubertus von Galen
               Born 5 January 1944 Rolandia, Brazil

            4  Count Stephan von Galen
               Born 16 November 1945 Rolandia, Brazil

      III-3 (II-3-5)
            1  Count Michael von Galen
               Born 2 October 1953 Rolandia, Brazil

            2  Countess Gabriele von Galen
               Born 21 August 1955 Rolandia, Brazil


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