Submitted by Leo van de Pas
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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. Dlmen
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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