Count Benedikt of Bernstorff


Count Benedikt of Bernstorff

Titles	Count of Bernstorff Count of Neipperg
Biographical Information
Born	11 April 1980 (aged 46) Schwaigern, Wurttemberg, Germany
Spouse	Elisabeth, Hereditary Countess of Bernstorff (m. 2022)
Issue	Count Arthur
Name	Maria Benedikt Reinhard Michael Alois Leo
House	Neipperg
Father	Karl Eugen, Count of Neipperg
Mother	Archduchess Andrea of Austria
Religion	Roman Catholic

Count Benedikt of Bernstorff (born Count Benedikt of Neipperg on 11 April 1980) is a member of the Danish nobility as the son-in-law of Niklas, Count of Bernstorff. He is also a member of the Wurttemberg nobility as the son of Karl Eugen, Count of Neipperg and the Austrian Imperial Family as the nephew of Charles II, Emperor of Austria.

Life[edit | edit source]

Benedikt was born the second child of Karl Eugen, Count of Neipperg and Archduchess Andrea of Austria.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 11 November 2022, Philipp married Elisabeth, Hereditary Countess of Bernstorff in Gentofte. The couple have one son, Arthur.

Photo	Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
	Count Arthur	6 November 2024

Residences[edit | edit source]

Bernstorff Palace; Main Residence (September-May)
Schwaigern Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

1980-2022 Count Benedikt of Neipperg
2022-present Count Benedikt of Bernstorff

Ancestry[edit | edit source]


Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
Karl Eugen, Count of Neipperg	Josef, Count of Neipperg Countess Franziska of Ledebur-Wicheln	Anton Ernst, Count of Neipperg Countess Anna of Silva-Tarouca Eugen, Count of Ledebur-Wicheln Countess Eleonore of Moennich	Reinhard, Count of Neipperg Countess Gabrielle of Waldstein Ernst, Count of Silva-Tarouca Countess Maria of Nostitz-Rieneck Johann, Count of Ledebur-Wicheln Countess Caroline of Czernin-Chudenitz Heinrich, Count of Moennich Countess Henriette of Moennich
Archduchess Andrea of Austria	Emperor Otto of Austria Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen	Emperor Charles I of Austria Princess Zita of Parma Duke Georg III of Saxe-Meiningen Countess Klara Marie of Schmising-Kerssenbrock	Archduke Otto Franz Joseph of Austria Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony Duke Robert I of Parma Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal Prince Friedrich of Saxe-Meiningen Countess Adelaide of Lippe-Biesterfeld Alfred, Count of Schmising-Kerssenbrock Helene von Hilgers

Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]


Count Benedikt of Bernstorff House of Neipperg Born: 11 April 1980
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Austrian throne	Followed by
Countess Johanna of Neipperg	17th in the line of succession	Count Arthur of Bernstorff

Notes[edit | edit source]

Face: Steven Gerrard